Nasturtiums from the Garden of "The Elms"

Item Information

Title:
Nasturtiums from the Garden of "The Elms"
Description:
Long vertical painting of hanging nasturtium flowers - deep orange, light orange, and yellow. Green circular leaves with radiating veins. Dark black to brown background. Frame has a dark border and wide golden edge closest to painting. The back of the painting has an unknown pencil marking on the right near the hanging wire and a number, possibly date, on the bottom middle "1891".
Creator:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Date:
1891
Format:
Paintings
Location:
Historic Newton
Collection (local):
Jackson Homestead and Museum Collection
Subjects:
Abolition movement
Abolitionists
Botany
Flower arrangements
Flowers
Food
Gardening
Gardens
Horticulture
Painting
Salads
Slavery
Suffrage
Claflin, Mary B.
Claflin, William
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Boston College
Newtonville
The Elms
Wellesley College
Link to Item:
https://historicnewton.catalogaccess.com/objects/6167
Terms of Use:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Identifier:
1809.275.1
6167