My Father's Grist Mill

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Name/Title

My Father's Grist Mill

Entry/Object ID

1953.43.4

Description

Landscape. View of a water powered grist mill. Tree in left forground. Flume comes down the right side into the mill. Notations in pencil on drawing, l to r: "Precinda Caffee/No.7/ My Father's Grist Mill/ A.M._____/ 1853." Framed pencil sketch of a water-powered grist mill. There is a large tree framing the left side of the composition, and the mill wheel is on the left side of the structure. The drawing is marked in pencil, "Precinda Cafee No. 7 My Father's Grist Mill A. M. [illeg] 1853."

Artwork Details

Medium

Pencil

Acquisition

Accession

1953.43

Source or Donor

Smith, Grace Helen Chaffee (1877-1971)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Chaffee, Precinda

Date made

1853

Place

Town

Berkshire

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Drawing

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

7-1/2 in