This painting depicts a view from an elevated position. The horizon is in the center of the painting, where the blue sky meets distant green hills. In the middle there is a small structure with a pointed roof and a tall smokestack, partially obscured by green trees. Closest to us, a gray stone bridge curves gracefully in the lower half of the scene, crossing from a gray building on the left towards the bottom right corner of the painting. The bridge spans a wide, light blue river flowing towards the distance. There is a tall tree in the left corner, partially covering the building behind it.…
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U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut

Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852 - 1919)

c. 1893/1897

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in.) ; framed: 75.3 x 85.7 x 8.6 cm (29 5/8 x 33 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Margaret and Raymond Horowitz, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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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