Apple Blossoms
ca. 1874
John William Hill
American, 1812-1879
American Art
This work depicts a tangled profusion of flowering branches in full sunlight as if viewed from below against a field of blue sky. Hill was undoubtedly working in accordance with Ruskin’s observation that the most beautiful position in which flowers could be seen was the most natural one—flowering plants against grass or moss, and fruit-tree blossoms against the sky.
- Maker/Artist
- Hill, John William
- Classification
- Watercolor
- Formatted Medium
- Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
- Medium
- watercolor, over, graphite, wove, paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 7 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (19.1 × 34 cm) sheet: 8 13/16 × 15 7/16 in. (22.4 × 39.2 cm)
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 74.170
- Credit Line
- Designated Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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