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"Near Tafts Hotel - Point Shirley"

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1882

GUSN

GUSN-223343

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Description

A view of the beach near Tafts Hotel on Point Shirley in Winthrop, Massachusetts, showing a mostly deserted beach, a bench, and the heads of two people seated downhill from the viewer in the lower right hand corner of the painting.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beaches
seascapes
leisure
watercolors (paintings)

Physical Description

1 watercolor, mounted ; 8 x 5 inches

Collection Code

GC005

Collection Name

Arthur Elliot graphic collection

Date of Acquisition

2009

Reference Code

GC005.09

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

8.25 x 4.75 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bill and Nancy Osgood, 2009.

Places

Winthrop (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Point Shirley (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [cape]

Record Details

Originator

Elliot, Arthur (Painter)

Material Type

watercolors (paintings)

Description Level

Item

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