Two Cows at the Water's Edge
PainterPainted by
Edwin Augustus Moore
American, 1858 - 1925
Date1888
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in wood frame with gilt gesso decoration
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 13 5/8 x 18 5/8in. (34.6 x 47.3cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 18 1/4 x 23 x 1 1/2in. (46.4 x 58.4 x 3.8cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 18 1/4 x 23 x 1 1/2in. (46.4 x 58.4 x 3.8cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionTwo cows, one a light brown, the other a darker brown, stand in a stream or body of water. One cow is drinking. A rail fence and trees are in the background.
Object number1973.99.1
MarkingsOn back of frame, on gummed label, typed in black ink, "THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY / 'TWO COWS AT WATER'S EDGE' - oil on canvas / Signed: E. A. Moore / ACC. NO. 1973-99-1"InscribedOn back of canvas, stretcher, and frame, at upper right, in red paint, "1973-99-1"NotesSubject Note: Edwin Augustus Moore made several drawings of cows in the West End of Hartford during the 1880s. It is possible but by no means certain that the cows in this painting were somewhere in Hartford's West End.
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