TitleA Study
Artist
Homer Dodge Martin
(1836 - 1897)
Date1875
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 10 1/4 × 12 7/8 in.
Framed: 14 × 16 1/2 × 1 in.
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, April 26, 1875
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number828-P
Label TextExecuted prior to Martin's first trip to Europe, A Study exhibits the deep shadows, attention to detail, and concern with a naturalistic "happened-upon" view which characterizes the artist's earlier, Hudson-River derived mode.[See NAD Minutes, May 11, 1868: DBD]