Across the Common on a Winter Evening
c 1885-1886
19th Century
5 1/8 in. x 11 5/8 in.
Frederick Childe Hassam,
American,
(October 17, 1859–August 27, 1935)
Medium and Support:
oil on panel
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.70
Hassam experimented with the effects of evening light. Working from his studio at 149 Tremont Street in Boston, Hassam had an unobstructed view of the Common. This painting shows a wintery scene of Boston Common lit by gaslamps