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(River Landscape), (painting). Artist:  Morison, Jane, b. 1843, painter. Title:  (River Landscape), (painting). Dates:  ca. 1859-1860. Medium:  Watercolor on laid paper. Dimensions:  Oval 6.5 x 5 in. Description:  School-girl painting depicting a winding river with a man seated on the shore under a blasted tree in the foreground, his left hand extended as he gives directions to a traveler standing in front of him. The traveler carries a knapsack on his back and leans against a long walking stick. Nearby a dog frolics along the shore, and out on the water two figures are visible in a rowboat. In the distance, along the near shore, a stone tower is visible with two figures standing nearby. In the far distance, there is a log cabin with smoke pouring from its chimney. Subject:  Landscape -- River Figure group -- Male Animal -- Dog Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Tower Travel -- Land Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Restricted Owner, Nashville, Tennessee Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Nelson, David, 2007. Remarks:  School-girl painting by Jane Morison, born April 2, 1843 in Tennessee, the daughter of Milton Morison and Nancy Samples of McMinn County, Tennessee. In 1872, she married John A. Minnis, in McMinn County, Tennessee. Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. References:  Owner, 2007. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 9D640123   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 9D640123 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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