"Painted prior to 1930. A painting of the old town farm building (now razed) on the 'Town Farm Hill' running out of Buckland. Spring maple and blossoming apple tree in front of house. My grandmother and..."

⮝ From RSW's personal diary:

"July 6, 1932: "Stopped at Mr. Carpenter's house in Heath and sold him a canvas New England Memories for $350"

Editor's Note:

We are very suspicious of Woodward 's given time period of being "prior to 1930." Now that we have digitalized most of the artist personal records, we have been using them to cross reference his painting diary. The mistake he makes most often is the year and by a lot. The only record we have of a year is 1932. The canvas exhibited twice and he references it in his 1932 personal diary.


Buckland's old town farm was located on Charlemont Road on the western side of town and appears in the image to the right     ⮞

The name changed from New England Memories to Town Farm in May. This painting was sold at auction by Douglas Galleries in South Deerfield, Mass., on Nov. 18, 1994.

We do not know when or who changed the name of this painting but it is not the only example we know of an owner changing a canvas name. As such, we honor the change but still use both names to avoid confusion that there is not two works of art.