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Overmantel panel, narrow, horizontal format of a river scene with small vari-colored houses at the left, two churches and block houses along the shore on the right as well as a fort and a large ship in the foreground.
overmantels (interior wall components)
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
forts
ships
Fort
Ship
Overmantel
Loaned to Worcester Historical Museum for exhibition "Tell Tale Treasures: Sutton 1704-2004" April-October 2004.
On the reverse of the board: In the upper right hand corner, on a white round sticker, written in a black felt tip pen is: 2 . Diagonally-left from this, is a red bordered jelly label, typewritten which reads: Loaned by/Mr. & Mrs. B.K. Little/305 Warren St.,/Brookline, MA 02146 . Directly below this at the bottom of the board is another red bordered jelly label, typewritten which reads: Painted by Winthrop/Chandler; Woodstock, Conn./ Panel from Ebenezer/Walters house; Sutton,/Mass Painted prior/to 1790 . Also, in the left corner, written in black (charcoal?), directly on the board is the number: #4564 .
Original To Ebenezer Waters House,
Chandler, Winthrop, 1747-1790 (Maker)
Woodstock, CT, USA
18 x 47 1/2 x 3/5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1514
in association with Whitney
Connecticut (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
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