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Oil painting of the Bay of Naples. Ther eis a small figure wearing a red coat and a black hat standing on rocks in the center of the picture. On the right side there are overgrown ruins of an arcade. On the left there are three protrusions of land. The farthest are two mountains with a small town. The background is a sunset. the wood frame is gilt with a concave centeral border.
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
gesso
wood (plant material)
Painting
"painted by Mary Willis Duncan, Bay of Naples" (Inscription on back)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P197
FA102
Duncan, Mary Willis, 1805-1888 (Painter)
17 6/16 x 27 6/16 x 1 10/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.620
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