South County Life in the Days of the Narragansett Planters (mural study, Wakefield, Rhode Island Post Office)

Ernest Hamlin Baker, South County Life in the Days of the Narragansett Planters (mural study, Wakefield, Rhode Island Post Office), ca. 1939-1940, watercolor on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration, 1962.8.5
Copied Ernest Hamlin Baker, South County Life in the Days of the Narragansett Planters (mural study, Wakefield, Rhode Island Post Office), ca. 1939-1940, watercolor on wood, sight 13 x 28 1⁄2 in. (33.0 x 72.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration, 1962.8.5

Artwork Details

Title
South County Life in the Days of the Narragansett Planters (mural study, Wakefield, Rhode Island Post Office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1939-1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 13 x 28 1⁄2 in. (33.0 x 72.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Rhode Island
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — agriculture
  • Occupation — farm — sowing
  • History — United States — Colonization
  • Landscape — Rhode Island — South County
  • Architecture — boat — sailing ship
  • Waterscape — boat
  • Figure group
Object Number
1962.8.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1962.8.5