Narrows at Lake George

TAGS

Download or edit the free picture Narrows at Lake George for GIMP online editor. It is an image that is valid for other graphic or photo editors in OffiDocs such as Inkscape online and OpenOffice Draw online or LibreOffice online by OffiDocs.

This work was painted during the Revolutionary War by William Pierie, a captain in the British artillery stationed in North America. Military training often included drawing lessons for the documentation of strategic terrain, in this case, Lake George in the Adirondacks region. Pierie was also concerned with aesthetic effects to create a visually pleasing landscape scene: he incorporated established Picturesque compositional formulas such as using vertical elements (here the rocky cliffs of the Narrows) to frame a distant view across a body of water.

Object metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum object record for the latest information.

Free picture Narrows at Lake George integrated with the OffiDocs web apps