David Johnson (1827���1908), In the White Mountains, 1858
Oil on board
8 1/2 x 12 1/16 inches
tones with what are steam and work ships far below these
monumental cliffs, conveys a very different mood, that of a
weary, much-used Hudson, however dramatic the perspective. There seems to be a slight allusion in the far distance
to a metropolis, although this writer might be conjuring too
much since I know it lurks just beyond this perspective. Or
the artist, known for his quirky mysticism, might simply wish
that the viewer imagined such as a result of a few contrived
brushstrokes.
William Stanley Haseltine���s (1835-1900) Coast of Sori (1893)
and Norton Bush���s (1834-1894) Gatun Lake, Panama (1879)
HYLAND
