Essex- in the Winter of Seventy-Eight.
PrintmakerMade by
Fred Freeman
(1906 - 1988)
Date1978
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/8 x 12 1/16in. (23.2 x 30.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 15/16 x 13 13/16in. (27.8 x 35.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2002.66.2
DescriptionTwo boys in winter clothing and a dog walk downhill along a path or road towards a street where a truck is in the process of spreading sand on the icy pavement. A sign nearby reads: "METHODIST HILL". A picket fence surrounds a yacht on a boat trailer in the left foreground. An American flag flies from a frame house with louvered shutters. Additional children run along the sidewalk and have a snowball fight in the left background. A woman stands on th porch of the frame and brick building in the center, possibly the Essex library. The building has half-timbering in its gable. A dentist and a patient in a dentist's chair are visible through the bay window of the house at the far right. Additional houses, leafless trees, and evergreens are on the hillside below. The Connecticut River is in the distance. Ice boats are on the ice of South Cove in the right background. Snow is on the ground. Utility wires cross overhead.
NotesSubject Note: The winter of 1978 was an exceptionally severe with heavy snowfall and low temperatures.Status
Not on view
