Artist:

Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

6 x 8 1/4 in. (15.3 x 21.0 cm.)

Type:

Painting

Date:

ca. 1875-1880

Luce Center Label:

Edward Bannister’s painting shows a train cutting through a rural landscape, where a railroad trestle interrupts the flow of the stream below. These familiar signs of progress in the nineteenth-century landscape highlight a concern shared by many of Bannister’s fellow painters, who worried that industrialization would soon destroy their nation’s natural beauty.

Topic:

Architecture\bridge  Search this

Landscape\river  Search this

Architecture\vehicle\train  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Frederick and Joan Slatsky

Object number:

1983.95.107

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d696417d-c045-40dd-9fb6-40b2a63391ca

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1983.95.107