American Oil on Board 19th Century Northeastern River Scene Landscape Painting toy design The needles are a gorgeous

The needles are a gorgeous shade of deep brown

or grasses

Sharp" and dated 1989

5 1/2" tall x x  4 1/4" wide x 2 1/2" deep

but certainly useful for all sorts of things

American Oil on Board 19th Century Northeastern River Scene Landscape Painting toy design The needles are a gorgeousI believe mid 19th century on this charming oil on board river scene, and think most likely the river pictured is the Hudson. It is unsigned, and I don't know much more than that, except that it came from the estate of a serious collector of Americana. I really like this bucolic spot at river bend that it frames, with feathery trees on either side, boaters straight ahead, and a structure built into the side of the bank at left, where it looks like a