Landscape with Stream and Mountains

Thomas Doughty, Landscape with Stream and Mountains, 1833, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.54
Copied Thomas Doughty, Landscape with Stream and Mountains, 1833, oil on wood, 16 3⁄4 x 24 in. (42.7 x 61.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.54
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Artwork Details

Title
Landscape with Stream and Mountains
Artist
Date
1833
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
16 3⁄4 x 24 in. (42.7 x 61.0 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Recreation — sport and play — fishing
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — river
  • Figure
Object Number
1976.54
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1976.54

Artwork Description

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