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Summary
Ralph Earl: View of Bennington
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| Title |
View of Bennington Alternative title: Townscape of Bennington; Landscape View of Old Bennington |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | landscape | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Landscape painting of the town of Bennington, Vermont. It was originally painted for Captain Elijah Dewey, a local tavernkeeper, and his wife, Mary Schenck Dewey. The figure in the foreground, seated under a tree, is the only known self-portrait of Ralph Earl. |
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| Date | 1798 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 92.7 cm (36.4 in); width: 151.8 cm (59.7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | Bennington Museum | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
1981.61 |
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| References |
Bennington Museum Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin (1991) Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic, Yale University Press, pp. 226–228 |
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| Source/Photographer | National Gallery of Art | |||||||||||||||||||
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