The Road in the Sugar Wood (1890)

Painting

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Edward Martin Taber Family Collection

Watercolour of a Maple Sugaring Scene: An illustration done with watercolours of two oxen pulling a sleigh with two men on it. The scene shows a wooded landscape with a man in the background collecting sap buckets from trees. The top of the drawing is captioned "The Road in the Sugar Wood - No Exaggeration".
Watercolour of a Maple Sugaring Scene

An illustration done with watercolours of two oxen pulling a sleigh with two men on it. The scene shows a wooded landscape with a man in the background collecting sap buckets from trees. The top of the drawing is captioned "The Road in the Sugar Wood - No Exaggeration".

Name/Title

The Road in the Sugar Wood (1890)

Entry/Object ID

S.001.F.043.WC.1890

Description

A watercolour depicting a scene of the maple sugaring process in Stowe, Vermont. Attributed to Edward Martin Taber.

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Subject

Genre Painting: Maple Sugaring in the Sugar Wood

Subject Place

Location

The Sugar Wood

Town

Stowe

State/Province

Vermont

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Category

Figural Drawings, Drawings, Animal Drawings, Works of Edward Martin Taber

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Edward Martin Taber

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Artist

Date made

Mar 1890

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Town

Stowe

State/Province

Vermont

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

- The Road in the Sugar Wood - No Exaggeration -

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Full dimensions of the work on its mounting.

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

8-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Dimensions of the drawing are 4.5 in x 7 in.

Accessories

Accessory

Mat

Color

Brown, Black, Gray, Tan

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

March 12, 1890, E.M. Taber writes to his sister, Florence Taber Holt, that he has been in the Sugar Wood watching the oxen pull the sleigh with logs. "I spent the morning in the sugar wood, watching the oxen hauling logs, which is really rather exciting. [...] If you could see them, springing over fallen trees, pushing their way through underbrush, sliding down steep icy slopes, plunging knee deep into bogs, always extricating themselves with nimbleness" (Personal Letter, 03.12.1890). On March 22, 1890, E.M. Taber writes his mother, Cornelia Martin Taber, describing the sugaring process. "Below is the large tub in which the sap is collected - it is set in this fashion on runners and drawn by oxen" (Personal Letter, 03.22.1890).

Created By

Kathleen Garret