RSW's Diary Comments

Mrs. Frelinghuysen

"Painted around 1930 I think. Summer painting of Keach's twin barns. Bought by Mrs. P.R.B. Frelinghusen of Morristown, New Jersey, for the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. D. Sheldon of the same town."

Editor's Note:

Though from a famous family (the Havemeyers) this is the only image we could find of Adeline from her Bryn Mawr yearbook. Adaline's sister, Electra (Webb) is the founder of the remarkable Shelburne (VT) Museum. The Havemeyer Collection at the Metropolitan Museum for Fine Art is one of the museum's most prized.

Summer Barns Sepia

Purchased from Martha Richardson Fine Art in Boston. It is now privately owned.

Mrs. Freylinghusen bought as many as 10 paintings of Woodward's, most of them from Manchester, VT. She was an avid collector of art having reportedly donated some 2000 pieces to the Metropolitan Museum of Art after her passing.

See another vantage point to the "twin barns" of the Keach farm in this sketch