In the 1820s, Franklin Mills was included in the route of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal (P & O Canal).

The Idiot is her most famously influential piece and can be compared to a piece from the 1940s, O Canal e a Ponta, a much less controversial style and subject matter.

Instead of playing off of opposite colors, O Canal e a Ponta is one swell of deep shades that vary slightly from light reflections.

These shipping industries were later superseded by coal and flour industries, which flourished with the C & O Canal providing cheap power for mills and other industry.

The C & O Canal, then owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, formally ceased operations in March 1924.

Jex was highly renowned for his landscape paintings of the Potomac River and the C & O Canal.

In all cases, Rock Creek Park and the C & O Canal, which sit adjacent to the property, will remain protected and open to the public.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, boats traveled along the C & O Canal to deliver goods.

Today, you and your family can hike along the C & O Canal, and learn more about Maryland's history.

"Destiny, Language, and Translation; or, Ophelia Adrift in the C & O Canal."