N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.58, Connecticut Museum o…

Zion Hill, 1876 - Brick Tannery

PainterPainted by Louis Grosvernor Frink American, 1869 - 1956

Date1947

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)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income

DescriptionDrawing depicting a red brick house with two small front steps at the entrance and a central brick chimney. The house, identified by Lou as a tannery, is enclosed in a picket fence and stone wall. Next to the house is a large lemon tree.

Object number1973.25.58

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 58"InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pen, "Zion Hill / 1876 / Brick Tannery / Mercy Ryman / lived there in 1876 / Lou Frink"

Lower right, in pencil, accession number

[The notes written in pen on verso are in Lou’s handwriting; the pencil notes are not.]NotesLou Frink identifies this brick structure as a tannery in Zion Hill where someone named Mercy Ryman used to live in 1876.

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