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Fishing by the River

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-198152

Description

Oil painting with trees on the left, blue sky on the right, and river and figure fishing in the bottom right. Deepset painted gold wood frame with a beaded back outer edge. Ornate reliefed design sloping towards a simpler area, one layer is beaded.

Details

Descriptive Terms

oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
wood (plant material)
Painting

Inscription

"J Appleton Brown" (Artists signature)
"Agents for the ARUNDEL SOCIETY / #17767" (Paper label with an image of a person's bust between two columns supporting a roof structure.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P126
FA148

Maker

Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 (Painter)
Probably Doll & Richards (Framer)

Dimensions

24 10/16 x 27 9/16 x 5 2/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.549

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