Luna Asylum VSH

Painting

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Vermont Historical Society

watercolor

Name/Title

Luna Asylum VSH

Entry/Object ID

2012.31.1

Description

Watercolor painting showing a brick building in front of a dark sky with a full moon at the center top. The building consists of 2 2-story round sections connected with a traditionally-shaped wing. Each round section is topped with a cupola, and there is a chimney visible on the connection. The building is within a yard surrounded by a white picket fence with 2 covered structures within the yard. There is a light-colored brick building partially visible outside the fence on the right edge of the composition. The bottom right corner is signed "Mescal '91".

Type of Painting

Paper

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Subject Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Context

Shows Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2012.31

Source or Donor

Batten, Virginia Mescal (1955-2013)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of the patients at VSH

Made/Created

Artist

Batten, Virginia Mescal (1955-2013)

Date made

1991

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (paper)

Height

12-3/16 in

Width

16 in

Dimension Description

Overall (image)

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

13-1/8 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Vermont State Hospital