Painting

Title:

Rolfe-Rumford House

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1946.018.08

Creator:

Burgum, John (1826-1907)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1850-1875

Description:

Landscape painting, Rolfe-Rumford House, by John Burgum (1826-1907), c. 1850-1875. Oil on board. Door panel from Concord Coach. Oval landscape surrounded by oval gilded border, black paint with four gilded bosses, and a curving gilded edge. Riverbank with boy in straw hat and three cows watering in center foreground; tree in left foreground. Dirt road right to center middle ground; road also forks to the right. House on corner with white picket fence; house is a two-and-a-half-story white farm house with outbuildings, blue shutters, and four trees in yard. Horse and carriage on road behind house along with train with yellow cars right background; yellow, pink and blue sky background. Unsigned. Unframed.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-11.75 W-15.5 inches

Provenance:

Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford. Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).

The Rolfe-Rumford House in Concord, NH, was the home of Countess Rumford and her daughter Emma from 1845 until after the Countess's death in 1852.

Credit Line:

The Edwin G. Burgum Collection

People:

Burgum, John (1826-1907), Rumford

Subjects:

Concord, NH, Rolfe-Rumford House, Rumford House, Landscape paintings