Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Painting of a Chinese Inlet
Object numberMO 1979.50.23
Name
Painting
Artist
Unknown
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 an inlet scene. In the forefront of the scene is a narrow body of water, flanked on either side by a shoreline, that leads to a larger body of water in the background. On the left shore sits a small, hut-like building with an extension on one side and an attached pavilion on the other side. A stone stairway leads from the building down to the waterfront on which is a traditional Chinese boat. The shoreline on the right side has a grouping of trees. Several figures are seen across 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."The painting is adhered to a larger piece of silk gauze and mounted within a window mat.
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.Collections
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