Industry and Agriculture on the Cumberland River, Davidson County Public Building and Court House, Nashville, Tennessee

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Industry and Agriculture on the Cumberland River, Davidson County Public Building and Court House, Nashville, Tennessee
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  • Title :     Industry and Agriculture on the Cumberland River, Davidson County Public Building and Court House, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Artist:     Dean Cornwell Artist
  • Accession:     84.5.118
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     1937
  • Dimensions:     Inches 32 31 2 Dimensions, framed Inches 30-1/2 29 Dimensions, unframed Inches 30-1/2 14-1/2 Dimensions, each panel, Centimeters 81.3 78.7 2.5 Dimensions, framed Centimeters 77.5 73.7 Dimensions, unframed Centimeters 77.5 36.8 Dimensions, each panel
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Subject:     Industry , Agriculture , Allegory , Figurative , Public Works
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     84.5.118.JPG
  • Tags:     Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Gouache, goldleaf and silverleaf on board mural study depicting heroic figures of Industry and Agriculture superimposed over map of Davidson County; industry is represented by a Colonial blacksmith forging a horseshoe, typifying the handicraft age; agriculture is represented by the classic female figure adorned with the traditional grapes of Abundance holding aloft her ancient scythe, a bundle of grain at her hip.