Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.26
- Creator:
- Burgum, Emma (1826-1923)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Landscape painting, untitled, by Emma Gannell Burgum, (1826-1923), 1852. Oil on paper over wood board. View from Countess Rumford's house. Cows and a young boy with a milk can at center, foreground. Trees all around in green and autumn foliage. Fencing across background. A paper label is adhered to the reverse, top center, with an ink inscription probably done by Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford: "This is taken by Emma / as a view opposite my / house but not perfect or / finished. / I keep it with a trifling / compensation. / S. Rumford. / Present time Concord 15th / June 1852". Double wood frames painted brown with gold-painted border trim around interior edge of each. Original wooden backboard, in two pieces, covered with paper.
- Material:
- Paper
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-11 W-16 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor was son of Emma Gannell Burgum, adopted daughter of Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford.
- Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
- Subjects:
- Landscape paintings, Pastoral scenes, Fall, Seasons, Farming, Farmland, Cows
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