# Mount Auburn Cemetery

**Thomas Chambers** (American, 1808–1866 or after)  
mid 19th century  
oil on canvas  
overall: 35.6 x 46 cm (14 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 44.6 x 54.4 x 3.3 cm (17 9/16 x 21 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958.5.1. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.45641.html).

## About this work

Thomas Chambers painted this in the mid 19th century, aged about 17. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

This painting shows a park-like landscape with trees, flowers, bushes, and a pond, all surrounded by light brown paths. The pond is in the center of the park, with light green-blue water framed by bushes, ferns, and tall flowers. Across from the pond are three large, white structures that could be mausoleums. Behind them is a hill with trees and more white graves or mausoleums on top of it. On either side of the pond, past the paths that encircle it, are tall trees with leaves in shades of dark green and brown. On the right side is a tall white structure that could be a grave or a monument. At the bottom of the painting, the paths curve up over a small hill in front of the pond. In between the paths are sections of grass dotted with small pink and white flowers. On the right side of the painting, a couple walks down the hill towards the pond. The person on the left wears a long blue coat decorated with gold buttons and a large, plumed hat, while the person on the right wears a pink gown and blue bonnet. Above the scene, the sky is blue, with puffy white clouds.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Thomas Chambers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/thomas-chambers)

American, 1808–1866 or after

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was about 17
- Real size: about 14 × 18 in (36 × 46 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: United States, MA, Cemetery, Boston, Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1507.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1507/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mount-auburn-cemetery-nga-45641).