Residence of William Neale, Cold Spring Harbor, L.I.

Residence of William Neale, Cold Spring Harbor, L.I.

Watercolor and gouache on paper depicting the residence of William Neale in Cold Spring Harbor. Foreground consists of choppy waves with sailboat to left side and rowboat tied up to center right, waterline bordered with stone wall, dirt road beyond with two horse carriage traveling from right to left. Midground shows property and house, bounded by white picket fencing; drive to left side extends to the back of the property to the carriage house and garage, horse and carriage outside tended by single figure; blue mansard-roofed white house in center left of midground, green shutters and decorative gilded ironwork along top of roofline; decorative plantings surrounding house, orchard to right side of the property extending to the back. Background consists of wooded hillsides and open fields to the left of the Neale property; pale tan sky above painted with several white clouds.

2022.2

Preservation Long Island purchase