Lyman Pond
PainterPainted by
Louis Grosvernor Frink
American, 1869 - 1956
Date1934
MediumDrawing; watercolor and gouache on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/4 x 12 3/4in. (21 x 32.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/4 x 12 3/4in. (21 x 32.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/4 x 12 3/4in. (21 x 32.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income
DescriptionWater flows out of an ice-covered pond over a low stone dam. Leafless trees surround the pond A low hill rises in the right background. Leafless bushes and a utility pole are in the foreground.
Object number1973.25.49
MarkingsOn recto, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 49"InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pen, "Lyman Pond / watercolor / by Lou Frink / Nov 1933"Lower left, in pencil, accession number
Lower right, in pencil, accession number
[The notes written in pen on verso are in Lou’s handwriting; the pencil notes are not.]NotesLyman Pond is located in Windham, Connecticut, about one mile northwest of the village.
Lou's depiction of Lyman Pond is almost an exact replica of a postcard, suggesting that he is likely drawing from it (MMoeabus 03-2026)
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