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Barns

  • George Henry Durrie, Summer Landscape, 1862.  Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in. Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862.  Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

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Boulders

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857.  Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857.  Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

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Cart Sheds

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

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Clouds

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

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Dogs

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

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Fences

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Summer Landscape, 1862. Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in. Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

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Granite Posts

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

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Horses

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford.Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford.Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford.Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford.Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

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Inn Signs

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857.  Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

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Oxen

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

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Puddles

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford.Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

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Saltboxes

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

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Signatures

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

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Signs

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

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Sleighs

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford.Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

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Snowy Roofs

  • George Henry Durrie, Jones Inn, Winter. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. White House Collection/White House Historical Association.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford.Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

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Stables

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie, Summer Landscape, 1862. Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in. Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

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Swing Gates

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

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Trees

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie, Summer Landscape, 1862. Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in. Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, 1857. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, 1985.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, The Old Inn – Ten Miles to Salem, 1860-1863. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1973.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

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Wagons

  • George Henry Durrie, Summer Landscape, 1862. Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in. Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017).

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Well Sweeps

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie, Summer Landscape, 1862. Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in. Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter in the Country, A Cold Morning, 1862. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of children of Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, in memory of their parents. 1963-1972.

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017)

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Wood Shed

  • George Henry Durrie’s Sketchbook

  • George Henry Durrie, Winter at Jones Inn — Nine Miles to Hartford. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in. Private Collection (Christie’s Auction House, May 2017)

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