Eli Shirks Sawmill, Lancaster Co., PA

Description:	The painting depicts a sawmill with people standing in its yard and the road leading up to a farm. The sawmill is in the middle of the painting in white, outlined in blue, with a small red/burnt orange building attached to the visible side. A black smoke stack comes from the top of the red building rising until it ends above the roof of the sawmill. There are various planks laying in piles around the yard of the sawmill and to the left side of the actual sawmill building. There is a grey conveyer in the left side of the yard. There is a second building on the right of the sawmill with a separate road leading to it. This building is made of various shades of brown to look like wooden planks. There are two men in all black standing in the yard conversing over a piece of paper. A buggy is in the road leading to the sawmill with the light brown horse with a white nose and white feet. There is a woman in all black driving the buggy. There is a woman in a blue dress and black coat walking down the road to the sawmill with a silver bucket. There are two buggies on the road leading to the farm in the distance. The farm in the distance has four white buildings with brown roofing. Large trees line the road leading the farm. The title of the painting, Eli Shirks Saw Mill is located in the middle of the bottom edge in black. The date is located in the bottom left corner with the location of the painting in black. Schrocks signature is the bottom right corner in a dark blue.
Origin:	05/31/1983
Source:	https://elchc.catalogaccess.com/objects/17456
Collection:	Evelyn Lehman Culp Heritage Collection
Copyright:	No Copyright - Non-commercial Use Only
Subjects:	Emma Schrock Collection Emma Schrock, Paintings, Emma Schrock Collection, Art, Grandma Moses of Elkhart County Eli Shirks Saw Mill

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