Alaskan Landscape Painting

Scope and content:

Painting on paper of a scene from Anvik, Alaska. A winter landscape scene of pine trees, and barren trees with the flat landscape receding into the background. On the left hand bottom corner there is an image of a pine branch with pinecones, which extends off the rectangle of the painting. The entire image has a light brown glaze. The image has a thin border with shiny golden paint. In the right hand bottom corner "Anvik/February 15/1922" is written. On the back of the image there is a white label with the following typed, " This little picture was painted by Mrs. John W Chapman at Anvik, Alaska, and given to Vira on her birthday, February 15th, 1922." Fair condition; a small amount of loss on the front bottom edge, and discoloration of the general image. 4 in. w. x 5 1/4 in. l. Transferred from Box 4 of the John Boyd Bentley Papers. Located in Art S5 SS2. Mss 82B44.A11

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College of William and Mary
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