Fishing

Details

John William Hill (1812-1879)
Fishing
signed 'J.W. Hill.' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1865.

Exhibited

New York, Richard York Gallery, Nineteenth-Century American Art, 2003.
New York, Richard York Gallery, Drawings and Watercolors by John William Hill, 2003.
Roanoke, Virginia, Art Museum of Western Virginia, The Age of Innocence: American Paintings 1870-1920, 2003.

Lot Essay

John William Hill, the second of three generations of artists beginning with his father, the British artist John Hill, became known for his topographical work and detailed watercolor studies of the New York State landscape. Fishing, an intimate genre scene, is believed to portray members of the artist's family.

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