Painting

Title:

An Express Freight Shipment of 30 Coaches, April 15, 1868

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1946.018.38

Creator:

Burgum, John (1826-1907)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1868

Description:

Landscape painting, An Express Freight Shipment of 30 Coaches, April 15, 1868, by John Burgum (1826-1907), c. 1868. Oil on canvas. Rocks and small trees in foreground with tall skinny birch tree center left. Two figures stand with backs toward viewers in center foreground. Figure on right is male; wearing a brown coat, brown trousers, and black hat; pointing to right. Figure on left is female; wearing a yellow skirt and medium length blue coat trimmed with lace. Field in middle ground. Train in background moving from left edge to right side of canvas: green locomotive with red wheels; green hopper car with red wheels behind locomotive carrying wood, "PEMBROKE" painted on the side; platform cars after hopper carrying Concord coaches; coaches are red with yellow wheels. White building center background; several buildings and outbuildings left background; blue sky with clouds. Signed in red paint, lower right: "J. BURGUM". Caption painted on paper board, nailed to painting, lower center: "AN EXPRESS FREIGHT SHIPMENT OF 30 COACHES, APRIL 15, 1868 BY ABBOT, DOWNING & CO. CONCORD, N.H. TO WELLS FARGO, CO, OMAHA, NEB". Paper label with typed inscription on backing from the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institution: "Checklist # 74 / THE WEST AS AMERICA / Artist: John Burgum / Title: An Express Freight Train of 30 Coaches, April 15, 1868 / Medium: oil on canvas / Dimensions: 20 x 40 in / Credit: New Hampshire Historical Society". Painted black frame with gilded interior.

Material:

Textile
Canvas
Metal
Wood

Dimensions:

H-20 W-40 inches

Provenance:

Based on photograph taken by Benjamin Carr of Concord. Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Countess Rumford. Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).

Credit Line:

The Edwin G. Burgum Collection

People:

Burgum, John (1826-1907), Downing, Lewis (1792-1873), Downing, Alonzo (1822-1877), Downing, Lewis, Jr. (1820-1901)

Subjects:

Concord Coach, Industry, Manufacturing, Transportation, Trains, Railroads, Freight cars, Stagecoaches