Cora L (Ferguson) KNIBBS
1863-1925 - painted in 1884

Cora was a gifted amateur artist. This oil painting of a little wooden bridge over a stream hung in the Stillwater Public Library for years until finally, in 2000, Ana Modesta, her grandson's wife acquired it. In May 2001, it was known to be hanging in the Knibbs house at Stillwater, NY.

From The Saratogian Newspaper, 1969.
Historic Art Set for Library.
Stillwater - Trustees of the Stillwater Free Library and Historical Association announced the recent acquisition by gift of an oil painting of local interest and significance. 
The painting a work of art by the late Cora Ferguson Knibbs, Stillwater, was presented to the association by Mrs. Raymond Dyer, daughter of the artist, through Mrs. Earl Hayner town historian.
Painted in about 1884, the picture is a view of the old Champlain Canal just north of Bemis Heights looking south from the former Charles Holmes Farm where the old River Road Bridge crossed the canal. In the background can be seen the home of Dr. Elias Willard, later known as the Water Battery Farm, since demolished and burned.
Passing under the bridge is a canal boat, pulled by mules, of the type which made the canal a busy waterway, during the last century.
The trustees of the association have arranged with Mrs. David Beder, librarian, top display the painting in the Stillwater library.


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