Description
Colors of Glendower by P. Buckley Moss
Introduction
Colors of Glendower by P. Buckley Moss is a 2014 limited-edition giclée depicting Glendower Historic Mansion in Lebanon, Ohio, surrounded by the saturated colors of autumn. The mansion’s warm red-brick façade and white architectural trim stand against gold, rust, orange, yellow-green, and emerald foliage, while several pumpkins rest near the foreground path.
The work brings together two strong collecting interests: an identified Ohio landmark and the changing character of the fall season. Canada Goose Gallery currently classifies the print under Architecture, Autumn, Fall, Historic Landmarks, Places, and Pumpkin and lists it as a numbered edition of 250.
Story Behind the Artwork
Glendower is not an imagined mansion. The house stands in Lebanon, Ohio, where it has become an important part of Warren County history. It was built in the mid-1840s for J. Milton Williams, a Warren County prosecuting attorney, and is recognized for its Greek Revival architecture. The Warren County Historical Society describes it as one of the notable examples of residential Greek Revival architecture in the Midwest.
Moss places the mansion directly at the center of the composition, but she does not isolate it from its grounds. Tall dark tree trunks frame the façade, autumn foliage fills the background, and pumpkins sit beside the broad approach to the house. The result is not simply an architectural portrait; it is a historic place experienced during a particular season.
No artwork-specific artist statement has been supplied explaining why Moss chose this view or how she intended the pumpkins and autumn foliage to be interpreted.
Symbols & Meaning
Historic homes can naturally suggest continuity, preservation, family history, and connection to place, while pumpkins and fall color connect the scene with harvest and seasonal change.
The long central pathway gives the mansion a formal presence and draws the viewer directly toward the entrance. The pumpkins soften that formality, bringing the setting into the everyday visual language of autumn.
These are visual and cultural interpretations rather than documented statements of Moss’s intention.
Artistic Details
The composition is strongly organized around symmetry and framing. The mansion sits almost squarely in the center, with its entrance, upper balcony, windows, and roofline forming a stable architectural core.
Two large dark trees create powerful vertical borders in the foreground. Their trunks partially overlap the house, which prevents the image from feeling like a flat architectural elevation and gives the viewer the sense of standing within the grounds.
Color supplies much of the seasonal drama. Canada Goose Gallery records the palette as black, brown, emerald green, orange red, pearl white, rust, tan, tangerine orange, and yellow green. The warm brick façade harmonizes with the foliage, while white shutters and trim create crisp contrast.
The pumpkins at lower right echo the surrounding oranges without competing with the mansion. At 10½ × 13 5/16 inches, the composition gives the architecture enough scale for its details to remain important while still allowing the grounds to participate fully in the scene.
Featured Master Collections
Primary Master Collection: Landmarks & Historic Places
This is the strongest assignment because the artwork depicts a specific historic mansion and the architecture is the central subject. Canada Goose Gallery’s approved collection system includes Landmarks & Historic Places among its principal Master Collections, and the buyer framework specifically recommends verified building identity, location, architectural features, and historical significance for historic-building subjects.
Supporting Master Collection: Place & Memory
Because the location is specifically Lebanon, Ohio, the print also has strong place-based appeal for residents, former residents, visitors, and collectors with Warren County connections. The CGG marketing framework emphasizes exact place names, historical context, and geographic accuracy for this type of buyer.
Supporting Master Collection: Harvest & Thanksgiving
Pumpkins and autumn color provide a clear seasonal pathway into fall and harvest collecting.
Supporting Master Collection: The American Home
Although Glendower is now a museum, it was built as a residence, and domestic architecture remains central to the visual experience.
Decorating Ideas
The strong brick red, black, white, and autumn-orange palette makes Colors of Glendower especially effective in Traditional, Americana, Transitional, Collected Home, and historic-inspired interiors.
A study, dining room, entry, living room, library, or office would all suit the print. Its near-square format works particularly well above a console or within a grouping of Ohio landmarks and historic homes.
Because the subject is architectural rather than purely seasonal, it can remain on display throughout the year even though its fall palette makes it especially attractive from September through Thanksgiving.
Gift Ideas
Colors of Glendower is a particularly meaningful gift for someone connected to Lebanon, Warren County, southwest Ohio, historic preservation, or Greek Revival architecture.
It also fits naturally for a housewarming, anniversary, retirement, fall birthday, or gift to someone who has visited Glendower Historic Mansion.
About Glendower Historic Mansion
Glendower was built in the 1840s for J. Milton Williams and later became the home of Civil War General Durbin Ward. The property eventually passed into museum use, and the Warren County Historical Society today presents it as Glendower Historic Mansion.
Its architecture reflects the Greek Revival movement that became highly influential in the United States during the first half of the 19th century. The Warren County Historical Society notes that architectural pattern books helped guide the design and construction of the house.
The mansion stands at 105 Cincinnati Avenue in Lebanon, Ohio, overlooking the downtown area.
About the Edition
Colors of Glendower was issued in 2014 as a limited, numbered giclée on paper.
Numbered edition: 250
Artist’s proofs: 25 — supplied gallery information
Image size: 10½ × 13 5/16 inches
Orientation: Square
Condition: New, mint condition
Certificate of Authenticity: Included
Current Canada Goose Gallery price: $115
Product ID: 5977
Canada Goose Gallery’s live product record verifies the 2014 date, $115 price, giclée medium, numbered edition of 250, square orientation, Lebanon location, and Architecture/Autumn/Fall/Historic Landmarks/Places/Pumpkin classifications. The approved inventory independently records Product ID 5977 at $115.
🎨 Fun Fact:
The name Glendower has an unexpected literary and historical connection. Warren County Historical Society records that the mansion was named for Owen Glendower, the anglicized form of Owain Glyndŵr, the Welsh leader who led a major uprising against English rule in the early 1400s. The mansion’s name therefore links a mid-19th-century Ohio residence with medieval Welsh history—an unusual connection hidden behind an otherwise distinctly American Greek Revival façade.
🖼️ Collector’s Insight:
What distinguishes Colors of Glendower is the tension between formal architecture and expressive seasonal color. The mansion is highly ordered—centered entrance, repeated windows, white shutters, and balanced wings—while the trees and foliage around it are loose, irregular, and saturated with autumn color. The pumpkins at lower right add a smaller seasonal accent without distracting from the historic structure. For collectors, the work is especially meaningful because Canada Goose Gallery also carries the original Glendower Lebanon Ohio painting, creating a direct connection between this limited-edition giclée and another version of the same landmark within the gallery’s inventory.
Continue Exploring
Love seeing a historic landmark transformed by autumn color? Continue with P. Buckley Moss historic places surrounded by the changing season.
- Glendower Lebanon Ohio Painting— Same Landmark • Original Art
- Autumn at the Cloisters — Historic Landmark • Autumn • Pumpkins
- Autumn at Silver Lake Mill — Historic Place • Autumn • Mill
- Autumn at the Zoar Hotel — Historic Place • Autumn
- Fall at the Clifton Mill — Ohio Landmark • Mill • Pumpkin
Suggested Categories & Subjects:
- P. Buckley Moss Fine Art Prints
- Historic Landmarks & Places
- Architecture
- Autumn
- Fall
- Pumpkin
- Ohio
Why Buy from Canada Goose Gallery
Canada Goose Gallery specializes in P. Buckley Moss artwork and provides collectors with clear edition, condition, location, and authenticity information. Colors of Glendower is offered in new, mint condition with a Certificate of Authenticity, and the gallery also carries the original Glendower Lebanon Ohio Painting, giving collectors an unusual opportunity to explore the same landmark in more than one format.
“Lebanon history, framed by autumn.”
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