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A watercolor painting on paper of an island . There is water in the lower third of the picture and the island is in the center. The island has shrubbery and a purple mountain shadow. The sky is purple and pink with clouds. The wood frame has bronze plating on outer and inner edge.
watercolors (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
bronze (metal)
Painting
"Brooks Reed Gallery / 19 Arlington Street / Boston." (printed)
"E Hoo Kanaka / The Hawaiian Library / of Stephen W. Phillips"
"View of Island of Qalnar / approaching Honolulu looking toward / Pearl Harbor. Painted by Lewis J. / Bridgman of Salem Mass."
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P200
FA96
Bridgman, Lewis Jesse, 1857-1931 (Painter)
Brooks Reed Gallery (Dealer)
17 6/16 x 21 5/16 x 10/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.623
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