N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.75, Connecticut Museum o…

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Miss Amanda Smith Frink

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

DescriptionA large white house with green‑shuttered windows and a dark roof rises behind two red brick chimneys. The front door stands open, revealing a warmly lit interior and a staircase just inside. At the entrance, a woman in a black gown is accompanied by two small children dressed in brown. A white picket fence encircles the property, while a prominent, thick deciduous tree stands in the foreground.

Object number1973.25.75

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 75"InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pencil [Lou's handwriting], "Ms Amanda Smith / was Amanda Frink / 1874 / Lou Frink"

Lower right, in pencil [Not Lou], accession numberNotesAmanda Frink Smith (b. 1803, Windham, CT - d. 1892, Ohio) was the sister of Lou's grandfather, Andrew. Amanda married Edward Smith (1801 - 1873) in 1828.

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