"Painted 1935. Rear of Halifax house from top of mowing in back. Exhibited quite generally about the country. Acquired in the summer of 1945 by my dear friends, Mr. and Mrs. F. Earl Williams of Gardner, Mass."
"Late summer in New England. Foreground of uncut old grass, pale yellow and ochre. $450."
The image (above) of this painting was discovered in a collection of KodaChome
slides taken by Mr. F. Earl Williams himself and given to the Smithsonian
Institute under his name as part of RSW's collection. There two other paintings found in the collection,
Portrait of a Shadow. and the unnamed and unsigned Unnamed: The Awaiting Maple.
Williams was an amateur photographer, high school principal and very close RSW friend. Williams had taken a great number
of pictures during their years as friends and Williams could possibly be the only one who could get away with taking pictures of RSW. We invite you to read more about Williams and visit
the gallery page devoted to his photographs.