An intensely colored autumn view of the bluff on the river where the Black Hawk statue now stands. The heavily clouded sky is very bright blue. Tree-covered hills demarcate the right side of the riverbank, their autumn leaves mostly turned to orange and brown. Left and right banks of the river meet at a vanishing point–just below and to the right of center. The trees on the left-side bank are nearer. Many still have green leaves, and one tree is vibrantly red. The leaves of the closest tree, which casts a shadow over the bank in the lower left foreground remain green. The river, which makes up most of the immediate foreground, reflects all of the colors in their full intensity. Paler reflections in the water mirror the sky and clouds. Mary Ploch donated this painting to the gallery in 2019. Her mother, Harriet Etnyre numbered among Bagg’s local students.