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The Rector's Kitchen and View of St. Michael's, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Smith, Alice Ravenel Huger 1876-1958  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on board
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College Street Greenville South Carolina 29601 Accession Number: 97.21.3
Date:
Ca. 1910-1915
Notes:
Greenville County Museum of Art, 1999.
Image on file.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Back the rector's home at St. Michael's Church in Charleston, South Carolina showing the small kitchen building with church spire rising behind it. Standing just outside the doorway of the kitchen is an African-American woman tending to a baby that is seated on the ground in front of her.
Topic:
Architecture exterior--Religious--Church  Search this
Architecture exterior--Religious--Bell Tower  Search this
Architecture--Domestic--Kitchen  Search this
Landscape--South Carolina--Charleston  Search this
Figure group--Female & Child  Search this
Occupation--Service--Servant  Search this
Control number:
IAP 48000013
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_345697