Gris Mill
PainterPainted by
Louis Grosvernor Frink
American, 1869 - 1956
MediumDrawing; pencil, watercolor, and gouache on brown paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income
DescriptionThe drawing shows a man seated on a stone ledge beside a large dark building with wooden planks positioned in front of its entrance.
On the reverse, there is the beginning of a sketch depicting a large house set behind a fence.
Object number1973.25.24
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 24"InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pen, "Gris Mill at / Carry Pond about 1899 or 1900 / son George / George Carry lives in / Pudding Hill just south / of Caleb Anthony"Lower right, in pencil, accession number
[The notes written in pen on verso are in Lou’s handwriting; the pencil notes are not.]NotesCaleb Anthony was a Windham resident and a representative at the General Assembly of Connecticut from 1889-1890.
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Louis Grosvernor Frink
July 1937
Louis Grosvernor Frink
Louis Grosvernor Frink
Louis Grosvernor Frink
