Carman's Peach Farm

Carman's Peach Farm

Residence; Homestead; Business; Farm; Carriage; Barn; Carriage House

Watercolor and gouache on grey paper depicting Carman homestead. Foreground shows part of a planted field adjacent to a road traveling diagonally towards bottom left corner, bounded by split rail fencing; man driving two-horse cart loaded with baskets or buckets towards bottom left. Midground shows view of homestead; far left side shows fenced-in orchard (tree species unclear) with series of connected red farm structures to the right; carriage house visible housing multiple vehicles to left of center; carriage with passengers pulled by two horses traveling along drive, three cows beyond standing beneath windmill labeled "Stover" at very top; yellow two-and-a-half story farmhouse with front porch and extension to the right with bay windows in the front to far right with picket fenced yard and three figures of woman and children outside; one-horse carriage pulling out into road in front of house, clusters of trees to far right abd behind. Treeline visible in the distant background with hills, clouds in grey abd blue sky above. Artwork bordered with thin line, likely once fully black but now losing pigment in areas. Possibly original backing and frame.

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist]

Edward Lange (1846-1912), Carman's Peach Farm, n.d., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 17.1875 x 24.125 in. (framed), Huntington Historical Society, 1990.2

17.1875 x 24.125 in. (framed)

Painting

Signed lower right corner, "Edw. Lange. Artist. Elwood. Suffolk Co. N.Y."

Watercolor and gouache on paper

New York; Suffolk County; Town of Huntington; Dix Hills

Huntington Historical Society, 1990.2