TitleLandscape with Birch Tree
Date1859
MediumWatercolor with traces of graphite and perhaps touches of gouache on cream wove paper
DimensionsSheet size (arched top): 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.
SignedSigned on verso in graphite at BC: "OGH[monogram] 1859".
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, Gift of James David Smillie, 1902
Object number1981.630a
Label TextPrimarily a banknote engraver, Hanks could produce exquisite results in watercolor, to which this work with its wide range of colors and atmospheric effects testifies. The highly finished details and the arched top suggest that the work was done in preparation for an engraved illustration.
