The House from the Road at the Corner of the Orchard

Painting

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Edward Martin Taber Family Collection

Watercolour Landscape with a House in the Distance: A watercolour of a winter landscape scene at sunset. The sky is painted pink, orange, and blue, and there is the faint outline of mountains in the distant background. The painting shows a twisting tree to the left of the foreground with a few stones and some brush. The center of the image is a snowy field. The background shows a house and woods. In the lower right corner is the handwritten inscription, "The house from the road at the corner of the orchard looking west southwest".
Watercolour Landscape with a House in the Distance

A watercolour of a winter landscape scene at sunset. The sky is painted pink, orange, and blue, and there is the faint outline of mountains in the distant background. The painting shows a twisting tree to the left of the foreground with a few stones and some brush. The center of the image is a snowy field. The background shows a house and woods. In the lower right corner is the handwritten inscription, "The house from the road at the corner of the orchard looking west southwest".

Name/Title

The House from the Road at the Corner of the Orchard

Entry/Object ID

S.001.L.074.WC.18xx

Description

A small watercolour landscape with a house and woods in the distance. Attributed to E.M. Taber.

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Subject

Landscape

Category

Drawings, Landscapes, Works of Edward Martin Taber

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Edward Martin Taber

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Painter

Date made

circa 1891 - circa 1896

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

"The house from the road at the corner of the orchard looking west southwest."

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

10 in

Color

White, Gray, Brown, Blue, Purple, Pink, Orange, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Structurally sound, but does have some minor stains.

General Notes

Note

The house in the painting appears to be Four Winds, the Taber family home built in Stowe, Vermont in 1891. The mountain in the distance may be Camel's Hump.

Created By

Kathleen Garret