Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
2021.47.1 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
A framed oil painting on a board of New Preston Falls in the village of New Preston in Washington, Connecticut by Bertha Lucy (Beecher) Bennett (1865-1947) of New Milford, CT dated in 1891. Bertha painted this when she was 26, three years before she was married. There is no signature on the front of the painting, but the frame may be covering it. The wooden frame is ornately carved and painted gold. There is a paper label attached to the back of the frame on the hanging wire, which is handwritten in pencil: "Painting of New Preston Falls by Bertha Beecher, 1891." On the back of the frame, in the border is handwritten in ink is: "Donald W. Beecher 1933". On the back of the painting, handwritten in ink is: "This picture was painted by Bertha Beecher 1891, New Milford, Conn. A view of the falls at New Preston Conn. Donald Wesley Beecher, Birthday July 28, 1933". |
Date |
1891 |
Artist |
Bennett, Bertha Lucy (Beecher) |
Collection |
Art Collection |
Search Terms |
Painting New Preston Falls Frame artist Art House |
Image |
023\2021471.JPG |
Title |
New Preston Falls |