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Painter:
Shaw, Joshua 1776-1860  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art P. O. Box 711, 406 Federal Street Dover Delaware 19903
Date:
Ca. 1825 (?)
Notes:
"The Sewell C. Biggs collection of American Art: a catalogue [volume 2, paintings and sculpture]," Dover, De.: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2001, no. 245.
Naeve, Milo M., "150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings, Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art," Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1999.
Naeve, Milo M., 2007.
Image on file.
"The Sewell C. Biggs collection of American Art: a catalogue [volume 2, paintings and sculpture]," Dover, De.: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2001, pg. 280.
Naeve, Milo M., "150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings, Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art," Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1999, pg. 27.
unsigned
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
A landscape with three female figures in the foreground and a small lake with cows drinking in the middle ground. The women, two seated and one standing, rest in a clearing amid tall grass at the edge of the lake. A few trees and hills are visible in the background.
Topic:
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Recreation--Leisure  Search this
Figure group--Female  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Control number:
IAP 67400009
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_350427