Hudson River
What is the Hudson River School Painting with a girl carrying a book leaving a feild of trees?
It hangs in the American 19th Century section of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. I remember writing a short essay on this painting in college, and now I can't remember the title or author.
Could this be your picture? fourth row center?
If so the artist is painter Asher Durand:
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1864&bih=942&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=asher+durand%2C+painting+girl+in+woods&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
If not you'll just have to hope that "Guess Who at Large" answers your question. (The amazing GWAL knows every obscure painting in the world.)
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