RSW's Diary Comments

"Painted about 1932. A 27 x 30 cut down from an original 30 x 36 of more sky, painted back of the village of North Hadley showing village church spire, trees, houses etc. with small reflecting stream with a boat on it in middle foreground. Bought from the studio by Mrs. L. K. Thorne of 740 Park Ave. N.Y.C., friends of Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Lunt."

Comments in a notebook by RSW:

"May 20, 1935: In my motor car brought to the studio in Buckland from the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Building in Springfield, Mass., 27 x 30 oil painting Village in Spring."

The Church and Meeting Hall

To the right: is the Congregational Church and Town Meeting Hall of the North Hadley Historic District that appeal in the painting behind the two barns.