Untitled (man on horse with woman and dog)
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Object Details
- Artist
- Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901
- Luce Center Label
- Light played a prominent role in many of Edward Bannister's works, reflecting a deep Christian faith that sustained him throughout his life. He found comfort in his long walks in the country in search of views that would make good paintings. His desire to capture God's presence in nature was shared by numerous nineteenth-century landscape artists, who followed the advice of America's first great landscape painter, Thomas Cole, to be more than "mere leaf painters." In this painting, a small patch of sunlight falls directly on the couple and their horse, who appear dwarfed by the dramatic scale of the trees and clouds behind them.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eliot and Rhoda Liffland
- n.d.
- Object number
- 1983.95.123
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21 1/2 x 28 3/4 in. (54.5 x 73.1 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Animal\dog
- Animal\horse
- Landscape\forest
- Landscape\road\path
- Record ID
- saam_1983.95.123
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e0fa8b71-ef77-459d-b01e-4dd722d323d9
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