Apple Blossoms
John William Hill
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This work depicts a tangled profusion of flowering branches in full sunlight as if viewed from below against a field of blue sky. Hill was undoubtedly working in accordance with Ruskin’s observation that the most beautiful position in which flowers could be seen was the most natural one—flowering plants against grass or moss, and fruit-tree blossoms against the sky.
Caption
John William Hill (American, 1812–1879). Apple Blossoms, ca. 1874. Watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Image: 7 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (19.1 × 34 cm) sheet: 8 13/16 × 15 7/16 in. (22.4 × 39.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 74.170. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Apple Blossoms
Date
ca. 1874
Medium
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (19.1 × 34 cm) sheet: 8 13/16 × 15 7/16 in. (22.4 × 39.2 cm)
Credit Line
Designated Purchase Fund
Accession Number
74.170
Have information?
Have information about an artwork? Contact us at