Painting of Mr. Nightingale’s House at Providence, Rhode Island (Approx. 1802)

Painting of Mr. Nightingale’s House at Providence, Rhode Island (Approx. 1802)

Miss Alice Banniter painted this watercolor while she was a student of Archibald Robertson at his Colombian Academy of Painting around 1802. The artist probably based her landscape on a sketch done by another artist in Providence or painted from memory, as Robertson’s school was in New York. The painting is a representation of the house prior to the building of the additions and outbuildings that were present when the Browns made it their home. Note that the details of the entryway of the house and details in this painting are not quite accurate.

Banniter, Alice

Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage

1802 (Approx.)

Emily Taylor

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