# Old Hook Mill, Easthampton

- By: Edward Lamson Henry (born Charleston, SC 1841-died Ellenville, NY 1919)
- Date: ca. 1880
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (36.1 x 56.4 cm.)
- Culture: New York
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=10310)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/f5a6c1ce85dc03e1a1286648b63027f8.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In Old Hook Mill, Easthampton, a spirit of ease pervades the scene as men unhurriedly carry sacks of flour from the mill to the horse-drawn wagon. The Hook Windmill was the last wind-powered grain mill, or gristmill, built in East Hampton, New York. Constructed in 1806, it operated for a century until 1908 and stands today. Edward Lamson Henry's painting presents the iconic structure in the calm after a storm, indicated by two rainbows in the cloud-stricken sky. Critics praised Henry's work for his romantic treatment of agrarian life.