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Mr. and She Collapsed on the Bench and Began to Sob, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
McConnell, Emlen 1872-1947  Search this
Medium:
Oil on illustration board
Type:
Paintings-Illustration
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Brandywine River Museum P. O. Box 141 Chadds Ford Pennsylvania 19317 Accession Number: 72.2.11
Date:
Ca. 1899
Notes:
"Brandywine River Museum: Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989" Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1991, pg. 132.
Summary:
Illustration depicting a sun-dappled street with a young couple seated on a bench outside a brick building, the young woman sobbing into her hands, and the concerened young man seated next to her. The couple is dressed in Colonial attire, and the young woman wears a broad-brimmed straw hat that conceals her face.
Topic:
Literature  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Landscape  Search this
State of Being--Emotion--Sorrow  Search this
Control number:
IAP 62900192
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_378136