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Provenance

The artist Thomas Rothermel, gift from the above, 1883 Mrs. Susan MacDowell Eakins Mark Lutz, acquired from the above, 1938 Raydon Gallery, New York Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1974

Exhibited

Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; New Paltz, New York, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz; University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University; Scranton, Pennsylvania, Everhart Museum; Winchester, Virginia, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley; Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading Public Museum; Austin, Texas, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting , August 2005-May 2012, pp. 104, 159, illustrated p. 105 Catalogue note The present work depicts Pennypack Park, located just outside of Philadelphia, where the artist Russell Smith lived and frequently painted. The present work was gifted by the artist to Mrs. Susan MacDowell Eakins, the wife of American painter Thomas Eakins, in 1883.

Catalog summary

All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector RUSSELL SMITH 1812 - 1896 PENNYPACK signed with initials R.S. (lower right); also signed again Russell Smith , inscribed with title Pennypack. and dated 1880. (on the reverse prior to lining) oil on canvas 12 by 18 ⅛ inches (30.6 by 46.1 cm) Provenance The artist Thomas Rothermel, gift from the above, 1883 Mrs. Susan MacDowell Eakins Mark Lutz, acquired from the above, 1938 Raydon Gallery, New York Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1974 Exhibited Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; New Paltz, New York, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz; University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University; Scranton, Pennsylvania, Everhart Museum; Winchester, Virginia, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley; Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading Public Museum; Austin, Texas, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting , August 2005-May 2012, pp. 104, 159, illustrated p. 105 Catalogue note The present work depicts Pennypack Park, located just outside of Philadelphia, where the artist Russell Smith lived and frequently painted. The present work was gifted by the artist to Mrs. Susan MacDowell Eakins, the wife of American painter Thomas Eakins, in 1883.