At the Spring, c. 1895, Nicholas Richard Brewer, American, 1857¡V1949, 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (49.53 x 59.69 cm) (image)29 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. (75.57 x 85.73 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, United States, 19th century, Nicholas Brewer is remembered primarily as a portraitist. However, when on his own time, he often turned his attention to landscape or small genre scenes in which his family frequently played a starring role. Although the location of At the Spring is not documented, the artist's technique and palette, as well as the rustic setting, suggests a date around 1895 when Brewer and his family were living on a farm in Stacy, Minnesota. The tender directness of the work strongly suggests that the models are, most likely, the artist's wife and one of the couple's six sons.