The Last Halt: Stop of Hooker’s Band in East Hartford before Crossing River (Study for East Hartford, Connecticut Postal Station Mural)

Alton Tobey, The Last Halt: Stop of Hooker's Band in East Hartford before Crossing River (Study for East Hartford, Connecticut Postal Station Mural), 1939, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.30
Alton Tobey, The Last Halt: Stop of Hooker's Band in East Hartford before Crossing River (Study for East Hartford, Connecticut Postal Station Mural), 1939, oil on fiberboard, 26 x 44 1⁄4 in. (66.0 x 112.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.30

Artwork Details

Title
The Last Halt: Stop of Hooker’s Band in East Hartford before Crossing River (Study for East Hartford, Connecticut Postal Station Mural)
Artist
Date
1939
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
26 x 44 1⁄4 in. (66.0 x 112.4 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • History — United States — Colonization
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Connecticut
  • Study — mural study
  • Landscape — Connecticut — East Hartford
  • Landscape — Connecticut — Hartford
  • Dress — historic — Puritan dress
Object Number
1985.8.30
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.8.30

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