Seven Miles to Farmington
Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863
Creator
still image
Oil paintings
Landscapes (Representations)
1853
image/tiff
reformatted digital
Source extent: 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 26 x 36-1/8 in.
Winter view of a farm house and outbuildings. People appear to be in the process of arriving on horse-drawn sleighs.
CHO
Florence Griswold Museum
Hartford Steam Boiler Collection
Environment
NEA Artist and the Connecticut Landscape - Florence Griswold Museum
George H. Durrie was a lifelong New Haven resident who painted actual Connecticut places as well as composite scenes depicting idealized rural life. Few artists shaped the popular image of New England more than Durrie, whose Connecticut landscapes were distributed as prints by the firm of Currier and Ives. Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
Farms
Sleighs
Horses
Barns
Dwellings
Winter
Connecticut
Accession number: 2002.1.50
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