Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Indian Summer. Grist Mill on the Fredrictown Railroad. Maryland
Object Number:
1947.496
Date:
1830s-40s
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, selective glazing, scratching out, and touches of white gouache on paper laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 34.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "G. Harvey"
inscription: above picture: "Indian Summer"
inscription: below picture: "Grist Mill on the Frederictown Railroad, Maryland"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "G. HARVEY."; card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "INDIAN SUMMER."; below: "GRIST MILL on the FREDRICTOWN RAILROAD. MARYLAND."
Description:
Landscape
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of Harvey's different epochs of the day, ca. 1830s-40s. According to the artist, the mill was built by a Swede in a section of Maryland which "had a great access of population from Sweden."
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
