Painter:

Smillie, George Henry 1840-1921  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Notes:

Leeds, Valerie Ann, "An American Palette: Works from the Collection of John and Dolores Beck," St. Petersburg, FL: Museum of Fine Arts, 2000, pg. 108.

Summary:

Warm sunny landscape depicting a home in the Connecticut countryside with a man resting his foot on the front porch as he talks to a woman learning over a basket atop a bench on the porch. Nearby chickens peck at the ground around a chicken coop under a grove of white flowering trees.

Topic:

Landscape--Connecticut--Ridgefield  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Recreation--Leisure--Conversation  Search this

Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this

Animal--Bird--Chicken  Search this

Control number:

IAP 89490044

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_382081