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Garden Scene Near Philadelphia

William E. Winnerc. 1840

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, United States

Well-dressed but not overly dressed, two boys tussle over a hoop, and a girl with a wreath of flowers in her hair sits on the lawn (her silk apron offering a modicum of protection to her dress). The straw “gypsy” hat on the bench was fashionable for girls and young women in the Romantic era.

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  • Title: Garden Scene Near Philadelphia
  • Creator: William E. Winner
  • Date Created: c. 1840
  • Location Created: United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 17 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.
  • Provenance: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1942.444
  • Type: Painting
  • Original Source: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1942.444
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Creator 1 death date: 1883
  • Creator 1 birth date: 1815
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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