Rocky Landscape

Seth Wells Cheney

1838

graphite

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century Landscape

About this work

This sketch shows a rough, uneven landscape with jagged rocks and rolling hills. The lines are loose and quick, like the artist was drawing fast. A small building sits near the bottom left, and a lone figure is curled up on the ground in the middle. The paper looks worn, with smudges and faint pencil marks. The artist used only graphite, making the scene feel sketchy and unfinished. Want to see more sketches like this? Check out Cheney, Seth Wells.