Roses

Gallery 216, American Art, second floor (McCausland Gallery)

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Roses

1875

George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830–1896)

This may be one of two still lifes by George Cochran Lambdin shown at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The artist’s use of a lacquer-like background draws on Japanese art, examples of which Americans flocked to see at the Centennial’s Japanese display. This painting also participates in the international craze for hybrid tea roses, one hub of which was Germantown (a neighborhood in Philadelphia), Lambdin’s home.

Gallery 216, American Art, second floor (McCausland Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Roses

Date:

1875

Artist:

George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830–1896)

Medium:

Oil on panel

Dimensions:

20 × 13 inches (50.8 × 33 cm) Framed: 27 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 2 inches (69.5 × 51.8 × 5.1 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Center for American Art Fund, 2013

Accession Number:

2013-129-1

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 216, American Art, second floor (McCausland Gallery)

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