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The Embattled Farmer
The Embattled Farmer

The Embattled Farmer

Alexander Robertson James (American, 1890–1946)
1939
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions50.16 x 60.96 cm (19 3/4 x 24 in.)
Credit LineA. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund
Accession number47.1465
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower left: Alexander JamesProvenanceThe artist; to Mrs. Alexander James, Dublin, N.H., his wife, 1946; to MFA, 1947, purchased for $3,000.
Street in Old Chelsea
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
about 1880–85
Samuel Parker
James Frothingham
about 1815–20
Edward Lander
James Frothingham
about 1818–25
Mrs. William Ware (Mary Waterhouse)
James Frothingham
about 1823
Nathaniel West, Jr.
James Frothingham
about 1820–26
Mrs. Nathaniel West, Jr. (Mary White)
James Frothingham
about 1820–26
Mrs. Joseph Warren Revere (Mary Robbins)
James Frothingham
about 1821
Madam Powel (Elizabeth Willing)
Francis Alexander
about 1825
Flowers
Charles James Prendergast
about 1932–35
Dancers
Charles James Prendergast
about 1915