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View of Old Lyme
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View of Old Lyme

Dateearly 20th century
MediumPainting; oil on paper on laminated cardboard in gilt wood frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (board height x width): 7 7/8 x 11 1/2in. (20 x 29.2cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 11 3/8 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/4in. (28.9 x 39.4 x 3.2cm)
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionLandscape view from a riverbank, across a body of water, probably the Connecticut River, looking at several buildings and a church with a steeple on the opposite shore. A group of trees is in the left foreground. Bushes grow on a bank in the right foreground.
Object number2007.49.0
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "ERNEST FREDERICK MEYER/ ESTATE OF" around the edge of a circle, with a number sign in the center, and a "1" handwritten in the center.InscribedOn front of frame, lower center, on brass plate, "Ernest Frederick Meyer / 1863-1952"

On back of cardboard, lower right, in white paint, "2007.49.0"

On frame, upper center, in pencil, "12 1/8 #48"; lower right, in black ink, "2007.49.0:

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