Oil painting of two figures on a tree-lined drive leading to a gothic cottage in Arlington, MA.
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"Artful Stories": Soon after cofounding the banking firm Kidder, Peabody, & Co. in 1865, Francis Peabody moved from Boston with his family, including daughters Fannie and Lillian, seen in the foreground, to this tranquil location in Arlington, Massachusetts. The cottage at the end of the drive, built in 1843, is a distinguished example of the Gothic Revival style widely promoted in Andrew Jackson Downings influential book, Cottage Residences (1842). This painting was made early in Frank Shapleighs career, not long after his discharge from the Union Army. Later he traveled to Europe to hone his skills.
Original To James Bayley House,
Shapleigh, Frank Henry (American painter, 1842-1906) (Artist)
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
27 9/16 x 39 1/2 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia Peabody
1985.662
Massachusetts (United States)
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