Object number1864.1.44.r
The Wild New England Shore
Date1859
Artist
William Hart
(American, b. Scotland, 1823 - 1894)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 12 x 18 in. (30.48 x 45.72 cm)
Framed: 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (50.17 x 65.41 x 5.72 cm)
Framed: 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (50.17 x 65.41 x 5.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
On viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned lower left: Wm. HART.
InscribedBy artist, lower left: 59.
BibliographyFoshay, Ella M., and Sally Mills. All Seasons and Every Light: Nineteenth Century American Landscapes from the Collection of Elias Lyman Magoon. Poughkeepsie, N.Y: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1983, p. 65 ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryAll Seasons and Every Light, Vassar College Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 14 - December 16, 1983; DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, MA, February 5 - March 25, 1984; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, March 25 - July 1, 1984; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, November 16, 1984 - January 13, 1985;Nature in America: Taming the Landscape, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 29 - August 26, 2012
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Frederick Rondel
1863
Culture: American
