4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2014.

Untitled (Hudson River Landscape with Indian)

Artist De Witt Clinton Boutelle (American, 1820-1884)

Date1848

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions40 x 55 1/8 in. (101.6 x 140 cm)
Overall, Frame: 43 5/8 × 58 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (110.8 × 148.9 × 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsAmerican art

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.729

Terms

Indians
Landscape
rivers & streams
Sailboats
Lakes
Trees
Cliffs
Green
Blue
Brown
Red
White
Black
Hudson River School

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of a landscape. The horizon line divides the canvas in half; a triangle protrudes into the space from the right, formed by a treed cliff. The sky is pale with low clouds, giving distance. The left side of the canvas is pulled into the distance as the land recedes to a valley with a lake. Several sailboats are on the water below. Bare trees twist in the foreground, on the left. On a rock, to the right off-center of the canvas, a solitary figure on a cliff stands: an Indian with a long red cape and full headdress faces the valley with his hand on his heart.

Label TextDe Witt Clinton Boutelle American (1820-1884) Untitled (Hudson River Landscape with Indian), 1848 Oil on canvas, 40 x 55 1/8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.729