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Painting

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1900-1950

GUSN

GUSN-12701

Description

Molded gilt wood frame enclosing an oil painting of Branduth Lake with hills in the background. Evergreen trees at the far left. Blue tones predominate, broadly painted, and backed with brown paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
paintings (visual works)
gilding
molding (forming)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
lakes (bodies of water)
Oil on Canvas
Unidentified Paper
Molded
Gilded
Painted
Lake
PICTURE, LANDSCAPE

Inscription

Handwritten in red: Branduth Lake for Ralph May, 986 Memorial Drive, Camb. A sticker from reads: Sprague-Hathaway Studios, West Somerville, Mass.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.25 x 17.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1806

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