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In the 1850s, much of the American landscape was still unknown to European settlers. Inness gives it a distinctly European look to suggest fertile land that can be easily inhabited and cultivated. This is a tranquil and domesticated landscape, a pastoral scene very different from the often dramatic and extremely harsh terrain that artists and photographers at this time were encountering further west. Inness includes the recently constructed railroad and a steam locomotive, but does not make them the focus of the painting.
Title
The Delaware Water Gap
Date
about 1857
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 90.5 x W 138.5 cm
Accession number
NG4998
Acquisition method
Bequeathed to the Tate Gallery by J. Sanders Slater in 1939 and transferred in 1956
Work type
Painting