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# 5231. An oil on canvas depicting the "Old Stone Mill" of Newport Rhode Island in the dead of Winter. Size of the canvas: 16" x 22". Signed: "Lewis" in the lower right corner. Metal stretcher braces are pat'd dated 1883 /1885. Painted sometime before 1900. Condition: cleaned and re-varnished some time in the past. With a full moon on the right side of the view, the Old Stone Mill ( the Viking Tower ) is shown surrounded by snow; barren trees laden with snow, clumps of field grass poking through the snow, a well trod path around the Mill; flakes of mica imbedded in the freshly painted surface by the artist add charm to this amateur painting. Seldom depicted as an oil painting, photographed scores of times for tourist post cards. Inquiries.
Twas the Night before Xmas, when all through The Hill
Not a creature was stirring around the Stone Mill
The Tourists were snug in the quaint B & B’s
The night was so cold afraid they would freeze
Police on duty performed all their rounds
When they got calls of complaints about unusual sounds
Strange noises were coming from the Old Stone Mill
In silent dispatch cars races through The Hill
Turning from Spring up Pelham they sped
The freshly laid snow caused a perilous dread
As the car reached the crest at the stroke of the hour
They said “It’s St. Nick taking a rest on the top of The Tower”
Blue lights flashing and reflecting all over the park
Santa sprang from his vantage up into the dark
The officer reported that what he had seen
Was Santa, a sleigh and a reindeer team
Passing over The Hill and gone out of site
With a voice calling out Merry Xmas to all, and to all a good night
" Xmas on the Hill" by Federico Santi 2009
The signature appear to read "Lewis"
Detail showing a white picket fense in the background.
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