The Road Out of Norfolk
Artist
Alfred Wordsworth Thompson
(American, 1840-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1888
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 24 1/4 x 36 1/2 in. (61.6 x 92.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 24 1/4 x 36 1/2 in. (61.6 x 92.7 cm)
InscribedSigned LL: "Wordsworth Thompson 1888"
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Norfolk Newspapers' Art Trust Fund
Object number61.11.12
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of a horse-drawn cart traveling on a dirt road out of the City of Norfolk into the surrounding country.Label TextAlfred Wordsworth Thompson American, 1840–1896 The Road Out of Norfolk, 1888 Oil on canvas Museum purchase, Norfolk Newpapers’ Art Trust Fund 61.11.12 Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "The Virginia Landscape," Virginia Historical Society, July 13 - Nov. 12, 2000; Art Museum of Western Va., Feb. 11 - May 28, 2001. "Inventing Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal," Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va., Feb. 22 - early June 2003. "The Norfolk Rooms," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, opened August 16, 2014.Published ReferencesDennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 142. James C. Kelly and William M.S. Rasmussen, _The Virginia Landscape: A Cultural History_ (Charlottesville, Va.: Howell Press, 2000), ix,149. William M.S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton, _Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal_ (Charlottesville: Howell Press, 2003), 174-175, fig. 4.76. "The Virginian-Pilot: 150 Years," Virginian-Pilot, October 7, 2015, page 11.
