Cook's Mill, Preston, Connecticut
PainterPainted by
J. Denison Crocker
American, 1823 - 1907
Date1847-1860
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame with gilt gesso decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (stretcher height x width): 18 x 26in. (45.7 x 66cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 25 x 33 1/2 x 3in. (63.5 x 85.1 x 7.6cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 25 x 33 1/2 x 3in. (63.5 x 85.1 x 7.6cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionTwo cows stand in a meadow beside a mill pond. A third cow lies in the right foreground. A brick mill building with a tower is in the right background; a house and outbuildings are in the left background, surrounded by trees and fields. Hills are in the background.
Object number2002.32.2
MarkingsOn back of canvas, stamped in black ink, "GOUPIL & Co. / Artist's Colourmen / 289 / Broadway / NEW-YORK"InscribedOn back of frame, upper left, in white paint, "2002.32.2"On back of stretcher, upper left, in white paint, "2002.32.2"NotesSubject Note: The Cook family, whose involvement in the textile industry dates to at least the late eighteenth century, constructed a fulling mill in Preston, Connecticut in 1847. The family had operated a sawmill near the site since the late eighteenth century. The brick structure depicted here was enlarged around 1860. Photographs of the enlarged building are in the collection of the Preston Historical Society.
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