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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Painting of a Chinese River
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Painting of a Chinese River

Object numberMO 1979.50.27
Name Painting
Artist
Datemid 19th century
Mediumpaper (pith), paint (watercolor), fabric (silk), paper (illustration board)
Dimensionsoverall (matted) H 10 in x W 15 in (25.4 cm x 38.1 cm )
DescriptionA Chinese watercolor painting on pith paper showing a river scene. A narrow river is shown, flanked by a shoreline on either side. On the larger left shore are a series of small buildings, some attached, including one just by the waterfront and next to a wooden footbridge. The bridge crosses high over the water to the opposite grassy and wooded shoreline. A traditional Chinese boat is out on the river, and several figures are visible throughout the scene.

The painting is adhered to a larger piece of silk gauze and mounted within a window mat.
Label TextThis painting is one in a collection of twenty-seven individual Chinese watercolors (MO 1979.50.1-27) featuring birds, fish, and landscape scenes. The collection is housed in a custom clamshell box on the spine of which is embossed, "F. D. R. / CHINESE RICE PAPER PAINTINGS."
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPrints and Paintings (National Archives Identifier 778817)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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