The Country Store
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan
Accession Number
1979.5.5
Tags
storehousetownFigure grouproadcarriage
About this artwork
Edward Lamson Henry collected antiques and architectural remnants throughout his career and incorporated them into his scenes of the age of homespun. A contemporary wrote that âHe often makes long journeys in search of the right historical bit . . . in looking at one of his old-time scenes one feels sure that there are no anachronisms and that every least detail has been drawn with loving care and researchâ (Buff, âPortrait of the Collector as Artist,â Antiques World, April 1981). Scenes...