Near Last Camp on Ross Fork, Snake River, Lander Wagon Road, Oregon
1859 · Watercolor and graphite on off-white Bristol board
12 3/4 x 18 in. (32.4 x 45.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Henry Hitchings
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- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional90%
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Henry Hitchings is an author, reviewer and critic, specializing in narrative non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on language and cultural history. The second of his books, The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English, won the 2008 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award. He has written two books about Samuel Johnson and has served as the president of the Johnson Society of Lichfield. As a critic, he has mainly written about books and theatre. He was chair of the drama section of the UK's Critics' Circle from 2018 to 2020.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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