View from the Springhouse at Echo
1808
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1808
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
You see a quiet stream feeding a springhouse under shady trees. A man stands on the bank, looking into the water. His dog waits nearby. The scene feels still, like time paused. This is a tiny watercolor sketch—just 8 by 10 inches. It’s one of America’s earliest landscape studies. Painters back then rarely worked this small. Check out more by Birch, William Russell.
