Wonderful Hudson River School Oil on Wood Panel with Farm, Waterfall oneonta ny I believe this painting is

I believe this painting is American and likely dates to the late-ish 1800s

18 3/8" t x 12" wide

silver and pinkish molded ceramic vase/planter

It begins with an introduction--"First of All"--noting that "art is the finest way of doing anything" and discussing materials

which seem mostly to date from the 1940s or so

Wonderful Hudson River School Oil on Wood Panel with Farm, Waterfall oneonta ny I believe this painting isClearly I love the process finding things I think are wonderful, and researching them enough to have a general sense of what they are, but as is obvious my tastes are fairly far ranging, and I am expert on very little! As such, I much prefer to shepherd things along to others with greater knowledge than to sit on them myself, as is the case with this painting, which I believe may be fairly significant, and of well greater value than the price I am