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19th C. Primitive New England Landscape

Oil-on-canvas of a New England hillside farmstead by the shore of a lake. Quirky birdseye perspective in the manner of Caleb Fitzsimmons and Ferdinand Brader. Probably commissioned by the farm owner, paintings like this of private residences were popular in the last half of the 19th C. Outbuildings, like the small house by the shore, livestock, crops and neatly fenced pastures were all included to show affluence. That may be the proud farmer taking his ease against the fence. Found in New Hampshire, the painting is unsigned, unlined and in a period gilt frame. Very minor in-painting in the water. Sight size 17¾” x 26”. 

$1,550