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Camel Hump, Road to Bolton Falls, Winooski River, Vermont

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1864

Camel Hump, Road to Bolton Falls, Winooski River, Vermont
A landscape sketch by American painter Daniel Huntington depicting a mountainous vista along Vermont's Winooski River. The composition features rolling hills with scattered vegetation along the riverbank, where small boats appear on the water. Rendered in ink on aged paper with characteristic 19th-century topographical precision, the work demonstrates Huntington's attention to natural light and atmospheric perspective. The artist's notations suggest this was a field study, likely executed during a sketching tour through New England—a common practice for landscape artists seeking to capture regional geography and seasonal conditions for later studio compositions.

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