A serene summer day depicted in oil on canvas and titled 'The Old Mill Race' (hand written artist's calling card on the back stretcher). A Mill Race is a channel or sluice through which water runs to a water wheel providing the power to mill and grinding grain into flour etc. This work is signed lower left front and also bears the artist's period calling card on the top back stretcher. Charlotte Buell Colman was an accomplished female artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when women were rarely given recognition by male art jurors. This prejudice prompted her to merely sign her works simply C.B. Colman. Despite the challenges female artists faced, she "received much positive attention including election in 1910 as an Associate to the National Academy of Design". Her work was heavily influenced by the Barbizon tradition which she helped to introduce to America from her studies in France in the late 1880s. This work measures 13.5 x 11.5 inches and is beautifully framed to an overall size of 16.25 x 13.75 inches.

Very good original condition, no damage or repair.