Whitton Pond on Drive from Chocorua

Daniel Huntington's sketch captures a New Hampshire landscape with economical line work. The composition features a prominent hill or mountain mass in the upper portion, rendered with parallel hatching to suggest form and distance. Below, a horizontal band of water reflects the surrounding terrain, with vegetation and rocky outcroppings along the shoreline. Huntington's annotations—noting the pond's location and water conditions—reflect the artist's practice of recording observations during working trips. This rapid study exemplifies nineteenth-century plein air methodology, where artists gathered material in the field for later development into finished paintings.