Painting
- Title:
- McMillan House, North Conway, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2008.012
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Landscape painting, McMillan House, North Conway, NH, unknown artist, c.1880. Oil on canvas. View of the extensive white farmhouse and tavern of Col. Andrew McMillan (1730-1800), built in 1779. Dirt road left foreground to middle ground; sign post with sign left middle ground. Large white house with porch and two dormers right middle ground; attached outbuilding and barn. A horse and carriage stand by front porch. Two trees line road. Rolling hills and blue sky with white clouds in the background. Ink inscription on back of stretcher, upper right, "McMillAN / HOUSE / NO. CONWAY / N.H." Modern gilded frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-17.8 W-26.1 inches
- Provenance:
- The painting was in the collection of Dr. Richard G. Durnin of New Brunswick, NJ. Dr. Durnin, who died in 2007 at age 87, donated the art collection from his home in Norway, Maine, to be sold to benefit the Western Maine Art Group.
Purchased at auction, 01/09/2008, funded by an anonymous donor. - Credit Line:
- Anonymous Gift
- People:
- McMillan, Andrew (1730-1800)
- Subjects:
- Farmhouse, McMillan House, Tavern
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