#322. Landscape (Near Vernon).

  11 × 15, oil (probably on canvas). "Gilbert Munger 1895" lower left. This painting was sold for $60 as lot 21 at the 2-3 March 1927 American Art Association, New York, auction. The catalog describes the painting as follows:

In the middle of a huge irregular pool of water in which red and white cattle are wading; here and there scattered figures of peasants. The horizon is broken by a straggling line of bushy elms and beeches. Signed at lower left, Gilbert Munger, and dated 1895.

From the collection of the late W. J. White

That description is a close match for paintings #238 and #249. The "(Near Vernon)" in the title here comes from #249. William J. White was Munger's rich friend in Cleveland OH. Munger visited the White family there for several months in 1895. (See the document archive entries starting at 1895 - summer.) Munger might well have painted this picture while there, perhaps as a hostess present, as the painting is dated 1895. After returning to America in 1893 he sometimes "relaxed" by painting from his sketches done in France.