This painting shows an aerial view of a landscape with green land and pale blue water. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, where there are small green islands with trees on the water in front of a soft blue sky that is almost the same color as the water. A black sailboat is near the center of the painting, moving on the water. On the land on the left is a large gray building with a tower and a fenced-in porch, surrounded by trees and green plants. There are smaller white and yellow buildings in the center and on the right, and brown roads connect the various houses and structures…
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Southern Resort Town

Dana Smith (American, 1805 - 1901)

c. 1880

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 56.3 x 78 cm (22 3/16 x 30 11/16 in.) ; framed: 74.9 x 96.5 x 4.9 cm (29 1/2 x 38 x 1 15/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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