Summer Landscape
1862
19th Century
22 in. x 30 in.
George Henry Durrie,
American,
(1820–1863)
Medium and Support:
oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.51
Scenes like this seemed to many a faithful representation of rural America. Durrie shaped the farm buildings, fences, and animals into romantic idylls.