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Watercolor painting of two boats in the water between two land masses. The first boat is among water weeds in the bottom right and the second boat with a single mast is in the middle right. There are trees in the distance on the left side of the farthest land mass. The artist's signature is in the lower right corner. The frame is painted gold with a high outer edge.
watercolors (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
wood (plant material)
Painting
"A View From the Willows / by Ross Turner" (Paper label)
"Oliver & Co., / Manufacturers of / Picture Frames / 63 North St. / Next to North St. Station / Salem, Mass." (Paper label)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P124
FA141
Turner, Ross Sterling, 1847-1915 (Painter)
Oliver & Co. (Framer)
21 11/16 x 25 10/16 x 1 7/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.547
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