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Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1845
Luce Center Label:
Burnham’s Hotel was built in the early nineteenth century near New York City. Hotels like this were popular with wealthy families, who enjoyed the open space a short distance away from the city. A book from the 1890s describes life in one of these luxurious hotels: “On each fine summer afternoon the spacious grounds were filled with ladies and children, who sauntered at their leisure, having no fear of annoyance and confident of perfect immunity from affront.” (Abram C. Dayton, Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York, 1897) The artist probably made a living by selling portraits of popular resorts to visitors who wanted a keepsake of their trip. (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990)
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Landscape\road  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\carriage  Search this
Architecture Exterior\commercial\hotel  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Object number:
1986.65.144
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7617b631b-bb48-4a0e-b368-755506071e47
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.144