# Southwest Tower, Amiens Cathedral

**Cass Gilbert** (born Zanesville, OH 1858-died Brockenhurst, England 1934)  
1880  
watercolor on paper  
sight 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (35.5 x 25.0 cm.)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1962.13.18. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=9064).

## About this work

Cass Gilbert painted this in 1880, aged 22. 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.

### [Cass Gilbert](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/cass-gilbert)

born Zanesville, OH 1858-died Brockenhurst, England 1934

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 22
- Real size: about 14 × 10 in (36 × 25 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Architecture, Religion, Cityscapes, Amiens Cathedral, Bell tower, Church buildings
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

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