The Lackawanna Valley

George Inness

1856 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: George Inness (1825–1894)
Year: 1856
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 86 × 127.5 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Hudson River School

A boy lies in the grass on a hillside dotted with freshly cut tree stumps and looks down on a train steaming across a new bridge towards the first roundhouse of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at Scranton, Pennsylvania, with wooded hills beyond. The railroad's president, John Jay Phelps, commissioned the picture around 1855 as an advertisement for a line that would carry Pennsylvania coal to new markets, and Inness delivered it in 1856. The stumps tell the true story: a valley once densely forested, home for centuries to the Lenape, cleared for industry. Yet the painting is tender rather than critical, its soft light absorbing the machine into the landscape. Inness reacquired it in 1891 and it passed to his daughter; it is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A boy in the grass watching a train cross a valley of tree stumps in soft light, for a study, hallway or living room at 16×24 or 24×36 in black or natural oak. Sage, cream or warm grey; it suits a room with railway history.

Style: Exhibition poster of a Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1856)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Lackawanna Valley in the public domain?

Yes. George Inness (1825–1894) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Lackawanna Valley painted, and in what medium?

The Lackawanna Valley dates from 1856 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 86 × 127.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of George Inness's The Lackawanna Valley — The Lackawanna Valley — a boy watching a steam train cross a cleared valley toward the roundhouse at Scranton — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The American Landscape, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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