Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1800-1824
GUSN-3117
Bevel-edged board with square painting in center; trompe l'oeil nail at top edge and a brown painted frame. The image depicts a river with an island at the left and a sailboat at the right; on the left bank a black-haired shepherdess sits with her dog, three sheep and one lamb. On the right bank is a large yellow house with white fence and poplars which faces the river. To its left is a white church surrounded by trees. A white mountain rises in the distance against a pink, white, and blue sky in which birds fly.
landscapes (representations)
overmantels (interior wall components)
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
pine (wood)
pastoral
pine (wood)
Pine
Oil on Panel
Pastoral
OVERMANTEL
In a black felt tip pen on the white round sticker is written the number '36'. In red and white paint at the painted lower left frame edge is written: ""G.Park Pi[nxt? almost illeg.] [NFL 1969, #36: ""G. Park Paint""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
30 x 20.75 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1617
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
