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Swazy family

American, active c. second half 19th century - first half 20th century

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This painting shows a wintry landscape from a slightly elevated point of view. Rolling hills extend in the background, with small houses, snowy tress, and distant mountains visible. Closer to us, people are gathered outside of a yellow cabin. Several of them appear to be soldiers wearing blue uniforms and tricorn hats, holding tall guns. One person on horseback holds an American flag. In the center, a man sits on a white horse, wearing a blue-and-gold uniform under a cloak. Two small fires create billows of gray smoke. More people on horseback make their way across a path through the snowy hills. The brushstrokes are smooth and detailed, and the color palette includes blues, grays, whites, browns, and greens.
American 19th Century, Washington at Valley Forge, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1971.83.20

Washington at Valley Forge

American 19th Century · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1971.83.20