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Landscape View of a Lake with Onlookers

Creator: Maria W. Chapin
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Landscape View of a Lake with Onlookers
Signed and dated (l.r.): Maria W. Chapin, 1838.
Watercolor on paper, in a period gilt frame.
18 1/8” x 26 5/8”.
Over-all in fine original condition, minor toning.
This rare early watercolor by a female artist is presumably from New York State. The view overlooking a lake with figures is a wonderful account of life in America in the early 19th c.

Item ID: WoA-WoP-WC 116

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Signed and dated (l.r.): Maria W. Chapin, 1838
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Watercolor on paper, housed in a period gilt frame.
Condition:	Good. Over-all in fine original condition, exhibiting minor toning.
Creation Date:	1838
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art, Hudson River School
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-WoP-WC 116
Incollect Reference #:	770502

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Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.