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Painting

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1893

GUSN

GUSN-250885

Description

Wash and gauache on paper. View of front hall of Jewett House in South Berwick, Maine. Staircase on the right, furnishings along the left wall, and door standing open in back. This image was used as an illustration in the novel "Deephaven" by Sarah Orne Jewett.

Details

Descriptive Terms

paintings (visual works)
wash (coating)
gouache (paint)
paper (fiber product)
Painting

Inscription

"CHW" (Painted)
"The Hall - Chap. II Full page page 32"

Associated Building

Subject Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Woodbury, Charles Herbert (American painter and etcher, 1864-1940) (Artist)

Dimensions

14 x 12 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Given in memory of Gustav D. Kilmann

Accession Number

1999.74

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