N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.46, Connecticut Museum o…

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Andrew Frink House

PainterPainted by Louis Grosvernor Frink American, 1869 - 1956

Date1946

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 red house with a black roof featuring a central stone chimney, multiple windows, and two front entrances, each reached by small stone steps. In front of the main entrance sits a sturdy square stone well positioned at the junction of three winding pathways that cross the green grounds. To the left of the house stands a thick tree, possibly a birch, with a hammock suspended from its trunk. Behind it rises another large red house, also lined with several windows.

Object number1973.25.46

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 46"InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pen, "Andrew Frink House / where the Frink family / started about 1790 / back part of house that Miss / G. Arnold lives in. front part / built in about 1810 and 2 - / rooms built on about / 1870 / Lou G. Frink / 1946"

Lower right, in pencil, accession number

[The notes written in pen on verso are in Lou’s handwriting; the pencil notes are not.]NotesLou's notes in the back of the drawing identifies the house as his grandfather's, Andrew Frink (1812 - 1893), whom, according to censuses, Lou went back to live with in Windham in his youth. Lou's mention of the Frink family dating back to 1790 solidify the family's early ties to Windham. The part of the house Lou chose to depict is identified as Miss G. Arnold's.

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