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The Old Red Grist Mill at New London, Conn., July 1938

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

DescriptionDrawing of a large reddish-brown structure with a dark gambrel roof and several small windows and a main central door. To the left of the composition and side facade of the mill is a large, dark waterwheel. On the foreground is a prominent high light grey stone wall and a patch of green grass sits behind it.
On verso is a drawing of a cobbled path and slender and lush trees.

Object number1973.25.74

MarkingsOn verso, upper left, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 74"InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pen [Lou's handwriting], "The Old Red Grist Mill at New London, Conn. / July 1938"

Left side, in pencil, "Grist Mill / New London / Conn. / 1946 / Lou Frink / Windham Conn."

Lower left, in pencil [Not Lou], accession numberNotesThe "Old Red Grist Mill" depicted in Frink's drawing is the Winthrop Mill, also known as the Old Town Mill, in New London, Connecticut. The mill was established in 1650 by Governor John Winthrop, Jr. and William Comstock.

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