The Gate, (drawing)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Oertel, Johannes A.
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 37
"In the second cartoon, we have the gate itself, a gloomy portal encased in mountain rocks, whose tops are fringed with tenebrous clouds - cold and chilling." [P. 14; serials 05860039 through 05860046 were exhibited under the heading: "A series of eight original cartoons, illustrating William Cullen Bryant's poem, 'Waiting by the Gate.'"]
Works of Johannes A. Oertel and George T. James' Collection, Together with the Paintings Belonging to W. Bronson. Monday, April 12th. Robert Somerville, Auctioneer. 82 Fifth Avenue.
1876
Control number
AECI 05680040
Type
Drawings
Exhibition Catalogs
Medium
Cartoon
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Series
Literature--Bryant--Waiting by the Gate
Literature--Poetry
Allegory--Death
Landscape--Mountain
Architecture--Detail--Gate
Architecture--Detail--Arch
Record ID
siris_aeci_104355
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