Joseph Pickett

Coryell's Ferry, 1776
c. 1914–1918

A folk art style painting depicting a rural landscape scene with multiple buildings, a river with a bridge, and various trees. The foreground shows a large two-story house with a smaller building adjacent to it. A river runs through the middle ground with ducks swimming and a bridge crossing over it. The background features rolling hills with trees and a few animals, as well as a couple of houses and a person on horseback. The bottom of the painting includes the text "CORYELL'S FERRY 1776" and "JOSEPH PICKETT ARTIST NEW HOPE PA."

A folk art style painting depicting a rural landscape scene with multiple buildings, a river with a bridge, and various trees. The foreground shows a large two-story house with a smaller building adjacent to it. A river runs through the middle ground with ducks swimming and a bridge crossing over it. The background features rolling hills with trees and a few animals, as well as a couple of houses and a person on horseback. The bottom of the painting includes the text "CORYELL'S FERRY 1776" and "JOSEPH PICKETT ARTIST NEW HOPE PA."

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Date
c. 1914–1918

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 37 1/2 × 48 1/4in. (95.3 × 122.6 cm)

Accession number
31.316

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2465

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Joseph Pickett
1 work in the collection

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