A Smart Turnout - Copy
by David Straughan
Title
A Smart Turnout - Copy
Artist
David Straughan
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This is 30" x 48" acrylic on canvas copy of a mid 19th century painting. It shows a man and a woman riding in a horse drawn sleigh. The sleigh is made to look like either a pair of geese or swans. It is being pulled by a two horses, one dark brown, and the other a reddish ginger color. To the viewers left is a post and rail fence. The foreground has a branch lying in the snow. The background has a lake with a long line of trees and hills or mountains in the far distance. The sky is cloudy with a bright area near the horizon.
The original is an oil on canvas painted by an unknown artist circa 1845. It now belongs to the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. The copy is about 20 percent wider than original painting because the customer wanted it wider.
The title sounded odd to me at first but if you look at the alternate definitions for the words "smart" and "turn-out" it makes sense.
smart: (of a person) clean, neat, and well-dressed. "you look very smart".
turn-out:
a : a coach or carriage together with the horses, harness, and attendants
b : equipment, rig
c : manner of dress : getup
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June 2nd, 2018
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