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Painting

Title:
Old Shaker Church Built 1792
Object Name:
Painting
Object ID:
1960.030.02
Creator:
Sarle, Sister Cora Helena (1867-1956)Artist
Place of Origin:
Canterbury, NH
Date:
circa 1950
Description:
Landscape painting, Old Shaker Church Built 1792, by Sister Cora Helena Sarle (1867-1956). Oil on canvas on board. A one-story gambrel-roofed building at center background; four windows and two doorways partially visible on main floor, with three dormer windows above. Door at left with benches either side. A lawn in foreground bordered at each side of scene by a row of trees with fall colors extending from foreground toward central building. Building partially hidden behind trees. White fences passing in front of building and beyond row of trees at left. Signed at lower right: "C.H. Sarle". Inscribed lower left: "Old Shaker Church Built 1792. Canterbury, N.H." Unframed.
Material:
Textile
Canvas
Academy board
Dimensions:
H-8 W-10 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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