Landscape with Stream and Mountains

Object Details

Artist

Thomas Doughty, born Philadelphia, PA 1791-died New York City 1856

Gallery Label

Thomas Doughty's landscape is a fantasy of the American frontier that echoes Thomas Jefferson's hopes for the nation. Lush vegetation, towering mountains, and crystal waters surround the fishermen, who harvest the riches of land and water without disturbing paradise. When Doughty created this painting, expansion was in full swing, and Jefferson's idea of a new republic strongly rooted in the land remained a powerful image for European settlers who pushed the nation's frontiers westward to the Mississippi River.Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

1833

Object number

1976.54

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

16 3/4 x 24 in. (42.7 x 61.0 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure

Landscape\river

Landscape\mountain

Recreation\sport and play\fishing

Record ID

saam_1976.54

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7694f078b-74b0-4fd5-beb1-857e459c38df