N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.82, Connecticut Museum o…

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Brown Covered Bridge

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

DescriptionSide view of a dark brown covered bridge with a gambrel roof. Lush trees are in the background, and one evergreen tree is standing prominently on the foreground.

Object number1973.25.82

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 82"InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pen, "Don't no. / But up the the Hill's / Lou Frink / Windham / Conn / 1896"

Lower right, in pencil, accession number

[The notes written in pen on verso are in Lou’s handwriting; the pencil notes are not.]NotesThe written note on verso suggests that Lou does not know what the bridge is called, but he knows exactly where it's located.

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