George Inness, American, 1825-1894. Panoramic and picturesque oil on canvas embodying the aesthetic vision of this landscape painter influenced by romanticism and the artists own spiritual nature. Reflecting the theme of American settlement during the 19th century Inness depicts a pastoral setting, where human beings and nature coexist peacefully, topped by clouds and threatening skies in dark natural beauty of the Hudson River School. Inness has rendered a very realistic scene recorded through memories of actual scenes from travels to extreme environments of the period and signed the piece front, lower, left corner G. Inness. Measures 11 ½" height x 17 ½" width + 4 ½" composition frame of the period (29.7 cm x 44.9 cm width + 12 cm).