Looks like Hudson River School--a style that began in the mid-19th century not all that far from where you are located. There appear to be a number of unidentifiable landscapes from unidentifiable artists of that "school", and there are artists currently painting in that style, so this is not necessarily 19th century. I would suggest taking it a museum and ask for help: many have special days when you can bring in art for evaluation. You could also contact the Antiques Roadshow and their excellent Alan Fausel (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/appraisers/fausel_alan.html) Adrienne DeAngelis [log in to unmask] On Thu, August 14, 2008 11:27 am, Patrick Weissend wrote: > Yesterday, a woman brought into our small county historical > society a painting and asked me if I knew anything about it.  Not having > an encyclopedic mind for every artist to ever sign a painting, I told her > I didn’t, but I would try to find out.  I took a couple of pictures of > it in hopes that one of the art experts in this group might be able to > identify it or send me in the direction where I could find the answer. >  The pictures are available here: > http://www.hollandlandoffice.com/painting.html Any help would be > appreciated.    Thanks,   PatPatrick R. Weissend > Director > Holland Land Office Museum > 131 West Main Street > Batavia, NY 14020 > (585) 343-4727 > www.hollandlandoffice.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).