# Landscape

**William Henry Holmes** (born Cadiz, OH 1846-died Royal Oak, MI 1933)  
n.d.  
watercolor  
sight 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1967.18. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=10669).

## About this work

William Henry Holmes painted this (n.d.). It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [William Henry Holmes](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/william-henry-holmes)

born Cadiz, OH 1846-died Royal Oak, MI 1933

Holmes trained as an artist and began as a scientific illustrator at the Smithsonian, then joined the Hayden Survey of the American West; his panoramic geological drawings, of Yellowstone and later the Grand Canyon, set a standard for accuracy. He became an archaeologist and anthropologist, heading the Bureau of American Ethnology, and later directed the National Gallery of Art, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, while continuing to paint watercolours.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Real size: about 15 × 20 in (38 × 51 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Subjects: Bridges, Landscapes, Architecture, Figure group
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
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