American Landscape

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A woodcut showing a landscape with animals and a male figure in the foreground. On the bottom center of the print there is a four legged animal. There is a male figure standing next to the animal and it front of him are a row of buildings and trees. On the bottom left side of the print there are two trees. There is a road on the right side of the print in the background and on either side of the road there are trees and buildings. The top of the background of the print has large hills and horizontal lines depicting the sky and clouds. The title [American Landscape] and [5 imp] is written in pencil at the bottom left corner underneath the image and the print is signed at the bottom right corner [James Lesesne Wells].

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗