Strolling Beside Otter Creek

Painting

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Vermont Historical Society

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Name/Title

Strolling Beside Otter Creek

Entry/Object ID

1993.23.2

Description

Oil on canvas showing a river running through a flat landscape with mountains along the horizon. There is a path to the right of the river on which two people and several animals are walking.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject Place

River

Otter Creek

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Context

Martha Wood was born in England but moved to Schenectady, New York as a young girl. She studied art at Cooper Union in New York City and in Dresden and Munich, Germany. She came to Vermont to teach in Poultney. She built a house in Pittsford, VT, married and started a family there. She maintained a studio there even after moving for a time to New Jersey. She eventually moved back to Vermont and shared a studio with her daughter, artist Hilda Belcher.

Acquisition

Accession

1993.23

Source or Donor

Belcher, Stephen Patterson Jr., Mericle, Barbara Belcher

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Belcher, Martha Jane Wood (1844-1930)

Date made

circa 1875

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9 in

Width

4 in

Depth

2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Martha Wood was born in England but moved to Schenectady, New York as a young girl. She studied art at Cooper Union in New York City and in Dresden and Munich, Germany. She came to Vermont to teach in Poultney. She built a house in Pittsford, VT, married and started a family there. She maintained a studio there even after moving for a time to New Jersey. She eventually moved back ti Vermont and shared a studio with her daughter, artist Hilda Belcher.