My Dear Old Home

My Dear Old Home

Residence; Homestead; Barn; Field; Haying; Outbuildings

Watercolor on beige paper depicting carriages, drive, and homestead. Haying fields in foreground, piles of hay throughout, on left side two farmers transport load of hay on haycart pulled by two horses, on right side field stands unmowed; road beyond the field forms a cirlce around grassy median with several trees, man drives one-horse carriage from right to left across road. Man drives one-horse cart on far side of road to the left; lined trees and white picket fence bound far side of road; kitchen garden located inside fenced-in area beyond; barn and several outbuildings clustered behind trees to the left of the midground and behind the garden; main two-and-a-half story gambrel-roofed white house with several extensions to the side located to right of center, adjacent to building with front porch and woman standing outside, man riding horse approaching from the far right; addition yellow residence visible through trees to far right. Horizon line hidden by midground structures, blue sky above lightly colored with grey and white clouds, pink highlighting throughout.

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist]

Edward Lange (1846-1912), My Dear Old Home, 1881, Watercolor on paper, 21.125 x 28.125 in. (framed), Huntington Historical Society, 1980.166

1881

21.125 x 28.125 in. (framed)

Painting

Signed lower right corner, "Edw. Lange. 1881"

Watercolor and gouache on paper

New York; Suffolk County; Town of Huntington; Huntington

Huntington Historical Society, 1980.166