Sprague House/Carll Burr Racetrack

Sprague House/Carll Burr Racetrack

Residence; Racetrack; Horses; Barn; Farm; Homestead

Watercolor on beige paper depicting the Sprague homestead and Carll Burr Racetrack. Foreground of grassy terrain with dirt track arcing across the composition, two single-horse gigs (two-wheeled, open cover, nimble carriages) each with one driver trotting to the right around the track; observation structure to the right with striped canopy. Dirt road traveling slightly back to the right beyond track, fenced with split rail and bordered by copse of trees (possibly with flowers or fruit in blue pigment) on far right, man leading horse on foot in center left, intersection with road leading toward the back left on the far left with additional split rail fencing and trees lining the path; main two-story white house with green shutters and three dormerssits in center surrounded by white picket fencing and planted shrubbery, one outbuilding to far left inside fencing, single pedestrian walks along left side of the fencing towards the house, farmstead to the right with two tan barns and several building extensions or outbuildings adjacent. Horizon line immediately follows midground structures and contains scant, brushily-painted trees; sky is lightly pigmented with light blue across left and upper portions, white clouds creep in to the lower right, bare paper visible in center areas.

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist]

Edward Lange (1846-1912), Sprague Homestead/Carll Burr Racetrack, 1883, Watercolor on paper, 17.375 x 20.5 in. (framed), Huntington Historical Society, 2003.001

1883

17.375 x 20.5 in. (framed)

Painting

Signed lower left corner, "Edw. Lange. 1883"

Watercolor and gouache on paper

New York; Suffolk County; Town of Huntington; Town of Smithtown; Commack

Huntington Historical Society, 2003.001