Residence of Franklin B. Crouch at Tuttle's Mill, Speonk, L.I.

Residence of Franklin B. Crouch at Tuttle's Mill, Speonk, L.I.

Residence; Estate Garden; Crouch, Franklin B.

Lead pencil and India ink wash on paper depicting the residence of Franklin B. Crouch beyond a partial view of Tuttle's Mill, comments penciled beneath sketch and letter composed on verso offering to paint a full version of the sketch for the estate's owner. Foreground depicts grassy or marshy land with a stream of water emitting from a culvert under a stone bridge; road looping horizontally across the foreground leading to a partially visible millhouse in the right corner, horse pulling cart with man standing nearby in front of mill, man fishing beyond the road in a large body of water. Midground to the right shows more of the body of water; to the left shows wooded sections of a hillside and an impressive second empire residence positioned in a clearing to the back, carriage house located to the left of the residence; clusters of trees border the far left side of the midground. Background to right side reveals a three-car train traveling towards the left side, sky above loosely illustrated with the outlines of low-lying clouds.

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist]

Edward Lange (1846-1912), Residence of Franklin B. Crouch at Tuttle's Mill, Speonk, L.I., 1887, Lead pencil and India ink wash on paper, 11.0625 x 16 in. (unframed), Long Island Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Melville, 1976, 1976.017.0056

1887

11.0625 x 16 in. (unframed)

Drawing

Signed on verso, "Edw. Lange. Art."

Lead pencil and India ink wash on paper

New York; Suffolk County; Town of Southampton; Speonk

Long Island Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Melville, 1976, 1976.017.0056