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Moses Marcy in a Landscape, (painting). Artist:  Unknown, painter. Title:  Moses Marcy in a Landscape, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1755. Medium:  Oil on wood panel. Dimensions:  39 3/4 x 25 7/8 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Overmantle from the Moses Marcy House in Southbridge, Massachusetts depicts Moses Marcy in military uniform standing behind a table in a landscape setting. In his right hand he raises a wine glass; a punch bowl, clay pipe, and large book rest on top of the table. In the background there is a house along a shore and a sailing ship on the water. Subject:  Primitive Portrait male -- Marcy, Moses -- Waist length Occupation -- Military Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Recreation -- Leisure -- Eating & Drinking Object -- Other -- Pipe Object -- Other -- Dish Object -- Written Matter -- Book Landscape -- Water Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566 Accession Number: 20.19.1 Remarks:  The panel was taken from the Moses Marcy house in Southbridge, Massachusetts in 1947. References:  Black, Mary & Jean Lipman, "American Folk Painting," New York: C.N. Potter, 1966. Little, Nina Fletcher, "Country Art in New England 1790-1840," Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series,1965 (second edition), pg. 8. 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. 8. 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 81440009   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 81440009 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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