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Branson, Lloyd,
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- Oregon
Architecture -- Vehicle
Animal -- Horse
Travel -- Land
Occupation -- Service
Painting
Western Mail Coach in Sight of Mt. Hood, (painting).
Artist:
Branson, Lloyd, 1853-1925, painter. (possibly by)
Title:
Western Mail Coach in Sight of Mt. Hood, (painting).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
93 x 62 in.
Description:
Depicts a horse-drawn mail coach traveling across a wooden bridge over a small stream with Mt. Hood in the background. The coach is a Concord-style coach recognizable by its bright colors. The Post Office Department hired stage coach drivers on contract, not as official emplyees of the Post Office Department, to deliver mail along travel routes.
Subject:
Landscape
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Mountain
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Mt. Hood
Landscape
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Oregon
Architecture
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Vehicle
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Carriage
Animal
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Horse
Travel
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Land
--
Carriage
Occupation
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Service
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Postman
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Smithsonian Institution, National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, District of Columbia 20560
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Division of Postal History, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560
References:
Smithsonian Art Index Master List, NMAA, December 1981, Division of Postal History.
National Postal Museum, 2010.
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 08630301
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Inventory of American Paintings
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