N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.59, Connecticut Museum o…

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Tannery Zion's Hill, 1729, as it was, 1908

PainterPainted by Louis Grosvernor Frink American, 1869 - 1956

Date1937

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 of a red brick tannery house with a porch and two entrances with small steps and two red chimneys on the roofs. At center is a tall deciduous tree. On the left is part of a wooden fence and a wooden shed. On the right is part of a stone wall and white house. On the foreground is green grass.

Object number1973.25.59

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 59"InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pen [Lou's handwriting], "Tannery Zion's Hill / 1729 / Nehemiah Ripley / and Joseph Jenninings / as it was 1908 / painted by Lou Frink / 1937"NotesThe name Nehemiah Ripley appears in another one of Lou's drawing (1973.25.9) as one of the brothers in the Ripley family.

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