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"Recovery" of Salem

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1904

GUSN

GUSN-175400

Description

Framed watercolor of a ship with an American flag and eleven figures aboard. Two ships in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

watercolors (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
wood (plant material)
Painting

Inscription

"Ship 'Recovery' of Salem, / Copy made in 1904 by M. MacPherson of the original water / color painting by William Ward no in posession of Essex Inst. [continues see accession file] (handwritten)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P358
FA007

Maker

After Ward, William (Artist)
Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Dimensions

20 3/16 x 25 11/16 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.781

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