E. Shelton's Inn, (painting).

E. Shelton's Inn, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

E. Shelton's Inn, (painting).

19 7/8 x 45 3/4 in. (50.5 x 116.0 cm)

(On side 1:) E. SHELTON'S INN (On side 2:) E. SHETTON'S (sic) INN. unsigned

Double-sided painting with the first side depicting a hunt scene. The figure in the foreground wears a red coat and leans forward as his horse jumps a fence. Several hounds rush ahead of them. A building is in the center distance. On the second side, figures return from the hunt at nightfall, to an inn lit from within.

Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Hotel

Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Hunting

Landscape -- Virginia -- Hanover

Animal -- Horse

High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Accession Number: 1981.47

Bequest of Garbisch, Edgar William & Bernice Chrystler,

"American Paintings at the High Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1994, no. 5.

"American Paintings at the High Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1994, pg. 25.

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