Scene near Poughkeepsie, 1690 (mural study, Poughkeepsie, New York Post Office)

Gerald Sargent Foster, Scene near Poughkeepsie, 1690 (mural study, Poughkeepsie, New York Post Office), ca. 1939, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.70

Gerald Sargent Foster, Scene near Poughkeepsie, 1690 (mural study, Poughkeepsie, New York Post Office), ca. 1939, oil on fiberboard, 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 37 ³⁄₈ in. (40.3 x 94.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.70

Artwork Details

Title: Scene near Poughkeepsie, 1690 (mural study, Poughkeepsie, New York Post Office)
Artist: Gerald Sargent Foster
Date: ca. 1939
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 37 ³⁄₈ in. (40.3 x 94.8 cm)
Credit Line: Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on fiberboard
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Landscape — New York — Poughkeepsie
Study — mural study
History — United States — Colonization
New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — New York State
Landscape — forest
Indian
Figure group
Object Number: 1965.18.70
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.18.70

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