Amon Carter print details
A watercolor of a white clapboard house surrounded by a picket fence and green trees.
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)

Object Details

  • 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

Additional details

Location: Off view
W28-artist-CMYK-CarterBlack
See more by Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge

Tags

Amon Carter Disclaimer

This information is published from the Carter's collection database. Updates and additions based on research and imaging activities are ongoing. The images, titles, and inscriptions are products of their time and are presented here as documentation, not as a reflection of the Carter’s values. If you have corrections or additional information about this object please email us to help us improve our records.

Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of works and their images. Please email us if you have further information on the rights status of a work contrary or in addition to the information in our records.

Related Works