A watercolor of a white clapboard house surrounded by a picket fence and green trees.

Wood-lawn Grove, J. H. Morrison's Estate, Texas

Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge (1824-1913)

Date

ca. 1853-1854
Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper
Object Format

Album
Dimensions

Image: 2 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.
Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. below image, in ink: J.H.Morrison's Estate
l.c. below image, in ink: Woodlawn -- Grove --
l.r. below image, in ink: Texas
Verso:
[watercolor and graphite sketch of the Guadalupe house]
u.l. to u.r. in ink, partially over sketch: Our present residence-- \ The window with slats across is our room \ The house in the rear is the smoke-house \ The other small house is the kitchen (with the door) \ In the fore ground you will see our little pet fawn \ and persons walking about-- \ The little house on high post is the Dairy-- \ you will see the river & banks on the left \ and road leading directly onto the river. \ here we take the ferry or flat-boat, & \ cross to the opposite bank--
c.l. to c.r. in ink over sketch: Excuse paper--have no better for sketching
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Natalie K. Shastid
Accession Number

1984.3.1
Copyright

Public domain

The Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark Dion

February 8–July 5, 2020

Part explorer, part historian, and part naturalist, artist Mark Dion retraces the footsteps of several 19th-century Texas explorers, collecting materials to form an exhibition that enhances our understanding of the past and brings it to life in the present day.

Location: Off view

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