Summertime
William Mason Brown, American, 1828 - 1898
1853
Oil on canvas
Overall: 40 1/2 × 56 5/8 in. (102.9 × 143.8 cm)
Frame: 45 × 61 in. (114.3 × 154.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alice and M. R. Schweitzer
P.967.15
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower center: W. M. Brown 1853
Exhibition History
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1, 1993-March 10, 1996.
The New England Image: 19th Century Landscapes from the College Colloction, Carpenter Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 14-September 26, 1982.
Publication History
Robert L. McGrath, New England Image: 19th Century Landscapes from the College Collection, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1982, pp. 18-19, no.4.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 46, no. 25.
Provenance
George P. Guerry (1908-1990), New York; sold to [Marthe] Alice (1915-2004) and M. R. [Meyer (Mac) R.] Schweitzer (1911-2006), New York, April 3, 1962; given to present collection, 1967.
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