I will look at it more closely, but I
recommend you forward the question to Trudie Grace at the Putnam County
Historical Society in Cold Spring. Their current show, This Perfect
River-View is on the Hudson River – paintings of the
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Subject: [NYHIST-L] Does anyone
know where this picture might have been painted?
This 19th c. painting has some indecipherable writing on the
stretcher, ending in NY. Does the place look at all familiar to
anyone? The artist may have added the mountains in the distance because
s(he) thought it was a good idea. The sail boats and little steam
paddlewheeler are sitting on the water, not in it. The river or
lake is glassy, but the sails are full. The chimney on the right seems to
rise right out of the trees. The picture could have been copied from
a print and then the boats added.
Sallie Sypher