New England Landscape by S. L. Gerry
Status: For Sale
General Description: Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813-1891), "A Rural Homestead near Boston", oil on canvas, signed "S. L. Gerry" and dated "1840" lower right.
Details: A charming and extremely fine early American landscape evocative of New England country life in the early nineteenth century. The dome of the Massachusetts Statehouse on Beacon Hill is visible in the left background, indicating that the view is located in a small town or suburban area within sight of Boston. Samuel Lancaster Gerry, a native Bostonian, returned home in 1840, the year the painting is dated, after three years of traveling and studying in Europe. He became the leader of the "White Mountain School" of painters and is a well-known American artist. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Boston Athenaeum, as well as the Pennsylvania Academy, National Academy, and American Art-Union. His professional career was spent chiefly in or near Boston. He is listed in Benezit and the New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America. Height: 23 inches; Width: 32 inches.
