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Western Mail Coach in Sight of Mt. Hood painting
Object Details
- Description
- This oil painting by Lloyd Branson (1853-1925) depicts a mail coach with Mount Hood, Oregon, in the background. The stage coach is a Concord-style coach, easily recognized by its bright colors. The Post Office Department hired stage coach drivers on contract, not as official employees of the postal service, to deliver mail along travel routes.
- Branson was born in Union County, Tennessee, and spent most of his life in the Knoxville area. In 1873 he attended the National Academy of Design in New York City, followed by a period of study in Europe. In 1885 he won a medal at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, and in 1910 he won a gold medal at Knoxville's Appalachian Exposition. Branson often painted historical subjects or regional landscapes.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1853-1925
- Object number
- 0.052985.342
- Artist
- Lloyd Branson, 1853 - 1925
- Type
- Art
- Medium
- canvas; wood; paint (oil)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 62 × 93 in. (157.48 × 236.22 cm) Height x Width x Depth (crate 77): 77 × 108 × 7 1/2 in. (195.58 × 274.32 × 19.05 cm)
- Place
- Oregon
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Art & Photography
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
- Post Office Structures
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.342
- Usage
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