The image shows a landscape view of vast plains with small mounds of earth, a high horizon, greenish-yellow grassy land, light blue mountains, a sky with pale blue and soft gray clouds, meticulous brushwork with fine details illustrating texture, an earthy color palette with greens, yellows, and browns, and figures including a hunter and two riders on horseback.

Prairie Dog Village

1861/1869

Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification: Painting
Period: 1851 to 1875
Image size: 7609 × 5983px

Description

The image shows a landscape view of vast plains with small mounds of earth, a high horizon, greenish-yellow grassy land, light blue mountains, a sky with pale blue and soft gray clouds, meticulous brushwork with fine details illustrating texture, an earthy color palette with greens, yellows, and browns, and figures including a hunter and two riders on horseback.

Rights & Source

Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

View on nga.gov →

Wikidata record →

Download full-size image →