On the Yankee Town Road

Jervis McEntee (1828-1891) Artist
1858 Date:
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Pencil on paper Medium
10 5/8 H x 14 3/4 W Dimensions
Inscribed, lower left: On The Yankee Town Road / Shandaken Mts. In distance / Oct. 12 1858 Inscription
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld Credit
1984.51.4 Accession number
McEntee's panoramic landscape depicting the Shandaken Mountains (now New Paltz, NY) in the distance contains notes to himself in the lower left corner: "The lilly [sic] pads at a little distance give a dull grey tinge to the water and break the reflections"dead frogs." At the right is a scene of a small wooden shack, trees, and two fishermen, which is reflected in the water. Additional comments

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