Dorset Marble Quarry Entrance

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Name/Title

Dorset Marble Quarry Entrance

Entry/Object ID

1963.76.1

Description

Unframed oil painting showing the entrance to a quarry. There is a man and white draft horse in the bottom right corner. The man is wearing blue overalls, a red shirt, and a brown hat. The entrance fills the composition. It is signed in the lower left corner, "Edwin B. Child".

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject Place

Town

Dorset

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Context

Shows the entrance to the Freely Quarry in Dorset, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1963.76

Source or Donor

Child, Katherine E., Child, Sargent

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Child, Edwin Burrage (1868-1937)

Date made

1905

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

36 in

Width

50 in

Depth

1 in