The Brook
Xanthus Russell Smith, American, 1839 - 1929
1879
Oil on canvas
Overall: 14 1/4 × 9 15/16 in. (36.2 × 25.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Charles E. Griffith, Class of 1915W
P.966.111.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: Xanthus Smith 1879. Signed, dated and inscribed (in artist's hand) on reverse: "The brook" / Painted by Xanthus Smith / 1879
Provenance
Collected by Sarah H. Giffith (1894-1966); given to present collection, 1966.
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