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Oil painting of a harbor with various boats along the bottom of the picture. There are large buildings along the coast in the middle of the scene and three flag poles across the middle with an American flag in the center. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
wood (plant material)
Painting
"Chinese painting / Warehouse of the foreight / Merchants at Canton China - House of Russell and Co / Merchants to [paper deteriorated]" (Handrwitten paper label on reverse partically obstructed by conservator's board.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P114
FA041
Jordan and Harberg (Framer)
House of Russell & Co. (Importer)
14 10/16 x 19 2/16 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.537
China
Title Harbor View Accession Number 2006.44.535
Title Harbor View Accession Number 2006.44.536
Title Harbor View Accession Number 2006.44.538
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