Girl by a Stream, Flanders, c. 1890, Daniel Ridgway Knight, American, Chambersburg, Pa., 1839–Paris or Rolleboise 1924, 32 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. ( x cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, United States, 19th century, Genre paintings—images of common people engaged in everyday activities—appealed to wealthy Americans of the 1800s. Works by the American artist Daniel Ridgway Knight, who spent much of his life in France, are typical of the rather sentimental scenes of country life popular at the time. This peasant girl has been mowing near the stream bank.

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