Merimere Reservoir, Hubbard Park, Meriden CT, Old Folk Art Oil on Board Painting leather. I don't imagine the sketches

I don't imagine the sketches on this page have any relationship to the Merchants Exchange

and feature dark orange backs

unsigned but dating to the mid 19th century I know

and was the subject of a major fraud suit in the 1870s

All are in great shape

Merimere Reservoir, Hubbard Park, Meriden CT, Old Folk Art Oil on Board Painting leather. I don't imagine the sketchesI'm always looking for old folk art oil and board landscapes in this manner honest and completely unfussy this one depicting a view of the Merimere Reservoir in Meriden Connectcut. I love the salmon pinkish sky and that band of near white on the pale blue water, and also the almost surreal appearance of the trees along the shore, which may be product of some combination of the way they were painted and the effects of time. Feels resolute and also