Amelia Lewis Brush Homestead
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Title
Amelia Lewis Brush Homestead
Subject
Amelia Lewis Brush House; Residence; Northport Harbor; Northport Clay and Fire Sand Company; Brush, Amelia Lewis
Description
Watercolor and gouache on beige paper depicting the Brush residence. Foreground consists of a white picket fence running parallel to the bottom edge, fencing in a large grassy yard; two children on right side, one skipping rope; man and woman on left side facing the harbor; coniferous saplings scattered throughout yard; white dog laying in center. Midground focuses on two-and-a-half story house to the right, painted with yellow, blue,red, and brown pigment, built in Second Empire style with mansard roof and attached bay, broad veranda and terrace looks down the hill towards the harbor; one man leans on the railing of the veranda looking out; midground to left shows a sharp drop-off down the hill towards the harbor below with several boats shown. Background to right behind house is wooded, background to left continues along the water, the opposite shore visible, and fades to the horizon line; sky is lightly painted with several white clouds in the upper left, would have likely been easily seen in a light blue before paper oxidized. Pencil inscription on verso under lining, semi-legible first lines, illegible bottom lines "____ ____ Brush Northport, LI(?)…"
Creator
Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist]
Source
Edward Lange (1846-1912). Amelia Lewis Brush Homestead, 1874. Watercolor on paper, 14.25 x 20.25 in. (unframed); 21.75 x 27.875 in. (framed). Preservation Long Island, Gift of Dr. Robert A. Cerwin, 1985.1.1
Date
1874
Format
14.25 x 20.25 in. (unframed); 21.75 x 27.875 in. (framed)
Type
Painting
Identifier
Signed lower right corner, "N--2 1874 Edwrd Lange."
Medium
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Spatial Coverage
New York; Suffolk County; Town of Huntington; Northport
Rights Holder
Preservation Long Island, Gift of Dr. Robert A. Cerwin, 1985.1.1
Citation
Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist], “Amelia Lewis Brush Homestead,” The Art of Edward Lange , accessed April 26, 2024, https://edwardlange.omeka.net/items/show/4.