Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900)
The Old Mill, 1876
Oil on canvas, 48-1/2 x 84-1/4 inches
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It is an oil on canvas painting of an
old water mill on a river, with the
river in the foreground. It's bright colors make an idyllic country scene. The setting is nostalgic: the red water mill has been abandoned in part because of Industrialism. A young couple stands on a footbridge, left side of the canvas. The painting is in a wood and gold-leafed plaster frame.

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