New England Scenery
Frederic Edwin Church, 1851
A valley that looks like a promise. Far farms. The kind of weather that makes people stay.
About this work
Frederic Edwin Church painted New England Scenery in 1851, early in his career, when he was still painting the Hudson River School subjects of New York and New England he had learned from his teacher, Thomas Cole. It is not one real place but an idealised panorama that gathers the essence of pastoral New England: a covered bridge, a waterfall and a mill, a lake, farmland and a rounded mountain under a sky of summer clouds. A Conestoga wagon crossing the bridge in the foreground stands for westward expansion and a growing country flourishing in harmony with nature. Like Cole and the other Hudson River School painters, Church believed that the vastness and beauty of the American landscape carried moral significance. By 1850 he had settled in New York and was exhibiting at the American Art-Union. Later in the decade he would turn to the far larger and more dramatic scenes of Niagara and South America that made his name. The painting, 36 × 53 inches, is in the George Walter Vincent Smith Collection of the Springfield Museums in Massachusetts.
Sources: Springfield Museums · Wikipedia: Frederic Edwin Church
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 4,564 × 3,085 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 30 × 20 in
- Sizes
- Small (20 × 14 in) · $100 · 220 ppi
Medium (24 × 16 in) · $150 · 190 ppi
Large (36 × 24 in) · $300 · 127 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
FAQ
Where can I buy a framed print of New England Scenery?
Here. New England Scenery is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (20 × 14 in) for $100, Medium (24 × 16 in) for $150 and Large (36 × 24 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
What size works best for New England Scenery?
The file is 4,564 × 3,085 px. Medium (24 × 16 in) is the largest size that prints at 150 ppi or more (190 ppi), the sharpest choice for close viewing; Large (36 × 24 in) prints at 127 ppi, fine from a few feet away but softer up close.
Is it legal to print New England Scenery?
Yes. New England Scenery is in the public domain: its copyright, if it ever had one, expired long ago. In the United States a faithful photograph of a public-domain painting does not create a new copyright (Bridgeman v. Corel, 1999), so the image can be printed and sold freely.
