Exhibited: “Remember the Ladies: Women of the Hudson River School,” Thomas Cole National Historic Site; “Behold, A New Eden, Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens. Literature: Pollack, Laura Woodward; N. Siegel and J. Krieger, Remember the Ladies; Siegel (ed.) The Cultured Canvas, on cover, plate 19.
This scene is likely Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, where Laura Woodward spent part of the 1891 summer and painted many works. Note the Spanish bayonet palms, typical of this area. The sight size is 4 3/4 x13 1/4 inches, and the paper is not glued down, only affixed at the upper two corners.
Exhibited: Possibly Brooklyn Art Association, 1874; "Women Reframe American Landscape: Susie Barstow and Her Circle," Thomas Cole National Historic Site, May 6-Octoer 29, 2023, New Britain Museum of American Art, November 16-March 31, 2023, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, May 4-August 25, 2024
