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Limington Academy, Limington, Maine; Or South Parsonfield Academy, Parsonfield, Maine, (painting). Artist:  Unknown, painter. Title:  Limington Academy, Limington, Maine; Or South Parsonfield Academy, Parsonfield, Maine, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1840. Medium:  Pastel on cardboard. Dimensions:  18 3/4 x 22 1/2 in. (47.6 x 57.2 cm). Description:  Landscape with a green foreground with rock in the front right corner, and white fence and white buildings beyond that are believed to be either Limington Academy or North Parsonfield Academy. The main school building with cupola is at the center. All buildings except outhouses are painted white. The two at the right have red brick ends. Stone and wood fences go around the buildings. A tree in the right foreground, two in the left background, and hills in the distance. The sky is a deep blue with yellow overtones. Subject:  Primitive Architecture exterior -- Education -- Limington Academy Architecture exterior -- Education -- South Parsonfield Academy Landscape -- Maine -- Limington Landscape -- Maine -- South Parsonfield Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566 Accession Number: 20.9.4 Provenance:  Acquired from Bacon, Roger, Henniker, New Hampshire Feb. 7, 1956. Remarks:  Possibly view of Limington Academy or South Parsonfield Academy. Formerly titled "View of an Unidentified Village." Inscription on back of frame reads: "Mary B." and what appears to be "Walton ---th"; and on wooden backing board appears: "Mary B." and the same indistinguishable name. Also "North Parsonfield, Maine." Also on the frame at the back on one of the sides appears the letter "B" and another letter that is indistinguishable. References:  Owner, 1974: Registration Records. Little, Nina Fletcher, "Country Art in New England 1790-1840," Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series,1965 (second edition), pg. 38. Old Sturbridge Village, 1990. Illustration:  Image on file. Little, Nina Fletcher, "Country Art in New England 1790-1840," Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series,1965 (second edition), pg. 38. 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 23090273   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 23090273 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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