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View of Cogwell's Grant from the Backyard

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1969

GUSN

GUSN-11443

Description

Of rectangular format, horizontal, landscape view of the barn and house at Cogswell's Grant: the red barn on the left and a peach house in the center background in lush summer foliage. Framed in a simple black frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
barns
houses
Oil on Canvas
House
Barn
PICTURE, LANDSCAPE

Inscription

A printed logo on a cardboard backing shows: ""Newton""/Extra Quality Cotton/Canvas Boards/Size 18""x 24""/Winser & Newton/ Inc./ ""Wilton""/Brushes. Written in pen on a jelly label on the back, lower left, reads: Painted by/Clarence F. King/while living at Cogswell's/Crant in Essex.

Associated Building

Subject Cogswell's Grant,

People and Organizations

Cogswell's Grant

Maker

King, Clarence F. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Essex, MA, USA

Dimensions

17.5 x 23.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.393

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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