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
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
  • Figure group
  • Waterscape — boat
  • Architecture — boat — sailing ship
Object Number
1962.8.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1962.8.5

Works by this artist (27 items)

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Edward S. Curtis, The Old Warrior--An Arapaho, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.362,342
The Old Warrior – An Arapaho
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photogravure
Not on view
Edward S. Curtis, Lefthand--A Commanche, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.362,343
Lefthand – A Commanche
Artist
photogravure
Not on view
Edward S. Curtis, Washing Wheat--San Juan, 1905, photogravure on tissue, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.22
Washing Wheat – San Juan
Artist
Date1905
photogravure on tissue
Not on view
Edward S. Curtis, Wakonda--Oto, 1927, photogravure on tissue, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.23
Wakonda – Oto
Artist
Date1927
photogravure on tissue
Not on view

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