Attributed George Henry Smillie (American, 1840-1921), Two Yosemite Views

Watercolor and pencil on paper, unsigned, each matted and framed under glass and retaining an old paper backing sheet that identifies each view; the first depicting a view of Bridalveil Fall (Sheet 7 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.); the second depicting the Cathedral Spires (Sheet size 7 x 5 3/4 in.).

Frame dimensions 16 x 14 1/2 in. (each)

George Henry Smillie was an American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School and celebrated for his atmospheric depictions of the American countryside. Trained by his father, the noted engraver James Smillie, and later by landscape painter James MacDougal Hart, Smillie established a successful career in New York, exhibiting at the National Academy of Design from 1862 onward and later becoming both an academician and officer of the American Water Color Society. Although primarily known for scenes of Long Island and New England, Smillie traveled west in 1871 on a sketching trip to the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite Valley.

Both with toning to sheet and with linen hinges along top edge of sheet; some toning to mat boards.