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Anonymous (also known as ”1811 The Backwoodsman's Christmas”), Oil on Academy Board, Winter Landscape - Anonymous (also known as ”1811 The Backwoodsman's Christmas”), oil painting on ”Academy Board,” depicting a nocturnal winter landscape. The scene features a snow-covered path, a bare, gnarled tree, and a distant red-roofed church with illuminated windows under a full moon, with a lone figure walking towards the building. The reverse bears a manufacturer's label for ”F. W. Devoe & Co.” from ”Cor. Fulton and William Sts., New York,” identifying them as suppliers of ”Artists' Tube Colors” and ”Millboards.” The painting is housed in a dark stained wooden frame with a gilded inner trim.