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American (Whitehaven, England c. 1775 - c. 1851 Cumberland, England)
Smugglers by Moonlight, 1829
Painting
American
, 19th century
Oil on panel
24.2 x 31.1 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)
framed: 35.6 x 42.3 cm (14 x 16 5/8 in.)
framed: 35.6 x 42.3 cm (14 x 16 5/8 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Daniel A. Pollack, Class of 1960, American Art Acquisition Fund
, 2010.545
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts
, Marks
signed: l.r.: R S 1829
inscription: on back of canvas: "No. 607/Painted by Robert Salmon/1829"
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Thomas H. Perkins, Boston, MA, at Boston Athenaeum sale (no. 167), 1829; descended in the Perkins family to 2010; purchased from Skinner, Inc, Boston, MA, (lot 383) September 24, 2010.
Bibliography
John Wilmerding, Robert Salmon: Painter of Ship and Shore, Peabody Essex Museum and Boston Public Library (Boston, MA, 1971), p. 90
Robert F. Perkins, Jr. and William J. Gavin, III, The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index: 1827-1874, The Boston Athenaeum (1980), p. 124
Robert F. Perkins, Jr. and William J. Gavin, III, The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index: 1827-1874, The Boston Athenaeum (1980), p. 124
Exhibition History
Unidentified Exhibition, Boston Athenaeum, 1829, Boston Athenaeum, Boston, 01/01/1829 - 12/31/1829, 167
Recent Acquisitions, Part II: Building the Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/19/2012 - 09/29/2012