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Spring View from West Manayunk, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Speight, Francis 1896-1989  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1959
Notes:
"Manayunk and Other Places: Paintings and Drawings by Francis Speight, A Retrospective Exhibition Organized by The Pennsylvania State University," University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, Museum of Art, 1974, no. 51.
Summary:
View looking down from a lush green hillside dotted with houses and blossoming trees, with the Schuylkill River and the city of Manayunk beyond. In the foreground a man seated in the shade of a flowering tree.
Topic:
Cityscape--Pennsylvania--Manayunk  Search this
Cityscape--Season--Spring  Search this
Cityscape--River--Schuylkill River  Search this
Architecture--Bridge  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Figure male  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A930048
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_403844