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1868
GUSN-13476
Oil painting of a lake scene under a partly cloudy sky. Alfred Churchill Thacher fishes from rowboat in foreground, beach with couple in background, trees behind. Swampscott dory under sail at far right. Horse-drawn carriage and railroad embankment in sunlight in right background. Gold-painted plain molded wood frame.
paintings (visual works)
canvas
oil paint (paint)
fishing
sports
Painting
"J .W. Pierce/1868/[obscured by frame]"
Thacher, Alfred Churchill, 1836-1883
Pierce, J. W. (Artist)
32 x 40 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Estate of Miss Maria H. Thacher
1942.1144
Yarmouth Port (Yarmouth, Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Massachusetts (United States)
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