"Painted in summer of 1946. Painted, with Mark along, during three long strung out trips to East Jaffrey, N.H. from the door yard of the Old School House, summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Smith of 75 Elm St., Gardner, and bought by her about Sept. first 1946."
This painting, after going through a couple of inheritances, ended up in Colorado but has recently found its way back to Massachusetts.
RSW made a chalk drawing of the same scene almost identical to the above oil painting titled In The Summer Sun
In RSW's diary comments regarding this painting he states, "... Painted, with Mark along, during three long strung out trips to East Jaffrey, N.H. from the door yard of the Old School House, summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Smith..." and we recently found in Woodward's personal photos a photograph (to the right) matching this painting.