Lake Como, May 3, 1869 (verso, from sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee

1869 · Graphite, white gouache, on blue paper · The American Wing

McEntee studied landscape painting with Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) and had close ties with many of the artists of the Hudson River School. In 1868–69, he traveled to England, France, Italy, and Belgium. This small, portable sketchbook contains drawings made in the Roman Campagna and the Italian Lake District. As in this drawing of Lake Como, McEntee often spread his compositions across both sheets of his open sketchbook to record broad panoramic vistas.

Artist

Jervis McEntee

Date

1869

Medium

Graphite, white gouache, on blue paper

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1982