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N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.75, Connecticut Museum o…
Miss Amanda Smith Frink
N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.75, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Miss Amanda Smith Frink

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)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income
DescriptionA large white house with green‑shuttered windows and a dark roof rises behind two red brick chimneys. The front door stands open, revealing a warmly lit interior and a staircase just inside. At the entrance, a woman in a black gown is accompanied by two small children dressed in brown. A white picket fence encircles the property, while a prominent, thick deciduous tree stands in the foreground.
Object number1973.25.75
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 75"InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pencil [Lou's handwriting], "Ms Amanda Smith / was Amanda Frink / 1874 / Lou Frink"

Lower right, in pencil [Not Lou], accession number
NotesAmanda Frink Smith (b. 1803, Windham, CT - d. 1892, Ohio) was the sister of Lou's grandfather, Andrew. Amanda married Edward Smith (1801 - 1873) in 1828.
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N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.85, Connecticut Museum o…
Louis Grosvernor Frink
N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.46, Connecticut Museum o…
Louis Grosvernor Frink
1946
Man's Uniform Hat
Captain James Harman Ward
about 1860
The Soldier's Return.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1862-1865
N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.65, Connecticut Museum o…
Louis Grosvernor Frink
The Brave at Home.  No. 1.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1862-1865
The Life & Age of Woman.
Kelloggs & Comstock
1848-1850
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.358, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
probably about 1895
Front of dress with one petticoat
Unknown
about 1905-1915