Try all artist names databases, such as Art Facts, or go to an art museum and use their library. they have books and books of srtists names.

Tried a lot of them already. Thank you.

Thanks I'll try them

Well we got as far as showing that S. Dalton did have a work sold at auction but that's about it.

Look new, is it oil painting ?

If that's an actual original, as opposed to a print, litho, repro, I'd say you have something there. the technique looks like a master.

The overall style is similar to the "Hudson River School". In addition to the well-known artists they had a lot of artists who copied the style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School

To me It's more Barbizon, with their flat horizons, than Hudson River with hilly/mountainous terrain. But then I'm not an art expert.

Casey

Lots of flat horizons by Hudson River School painters. The quick and dirty way to differentiate is that the Barbazon painters were realists....painting rural scenes with all the grubby truth....where the Hudson River School artists were more idealists....misty valleys and burbling brooks. But the 2nd generation of Hudson River artists moved west....so all wasn't the Catskills, but the wild west....but still viewed through the idealist's eyes.

JR no it's not new.

Casey thank you. It's definitely an original oil painting.

And I too first thought either Barbizon or Hudson River. Since both were around the same time period, who knows for sure? Both probably influenced one another.

I looked through my loupe and it appears to be canvas that was glued to board.

" A rose by any other name..." Doesn't matter what we call it....it's very nice! is the frame original to it? Aas far as you know?

It looks like it might be original. Hard to tell. I will say that in my new build it will have its own spotlight over my buffet. :)

Was that frame always on it in your memory?

Those frames were of a certain era. I have one such frame with a painting of California scenery in it purchased by my Grandma at an antique store over 80 years ago, and it was an antique then. It's in the attic or garage. Not sure where.

Linda, yes we bought it with the frame on it. As mentioned my Mother and I found this painting back in the mid 80's in an antique store.

Hey Suzi, where have you been lately?

Somehow I thought you had owned it longer then mid 80's.
If you can get a clue to the age of the frame, might help in dating the picture.....trouble is the frame style is pretty classic and still made today....

trouble is the frame style is pretty classic and still made today....

Exactly. If the back paper rips anymore, I might be able to get a better idea, but I'm not ripping it on purpose. LOL.

Can you post a close up of the signature?

I am surprised it has paper on the back....oils usually don't

Linda - Sealing the back of an oil with paper keeps the dust and spiders out.

About half of my oils have a dust shield.

not one of mine do....nor any I have seen....but I don't go about people's houses saying "May I see the back of that painting" LOL!
But I do have a very serious art collecting friend....and those pictures I have noticed were unbacked....some may have been backed but the ones I saw the back side of weren't>
I may now have to become a "secret picture peeper"! LOL!

Ok now I have an image of Linda sneaking around looking behind people's pictures! LOL

Fori, i'll get a picture of the back and of the signature tomorrow. :)