Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Painting of Children in a Landscape Scene
Artifact IDMO 1943.1.4
Object Type
Painting
Artist
John Thomas Peele
(English painter, 1822 - 1897)
Date1853
MediumPainting: Paint (oil), Textile (canvas)
Frame: Wood
Frame: Wood
Dimensionsframe H 44 1/4 in x W 34 1/4 in x D 1 1/2 in (112.4 cm x 87 cm x 3.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionAn oil on canvas painting of four small children enjoying the outdoors. The children - three girls and a boy - are grouped together in the foreground. A girl on the left places a crown of flowers on the head of another girl in the center, while the boy on the right offers up a sprig of flowers. The third girl, on the far right, is looking towards the viewer of the painting. The children are seated within a landscape scene, the majority of which is visible behind them in the form of trees and hills. The painting is signed and dated by the artist in the lower left: J. T. Peele, 1853.The painting is framed in a 2½" gilt wood frame. On the reverse is a framer's sticker for D. E. Butler of New York, New York, order # 19544.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 15, 1942. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library 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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
In Collection(s)
Not on view
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