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Painting of Bordighera, Italy

Collection Type

  • Art

GUSN

GUSN-253049

Description

Watercolor of Bordighera, Liguria, Italy, showing view over green valley with a few houses, with mountains in distance. Painted by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell); in plain black frame, no window mat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

watercolors (paintings)
paintings (visual works)
landscapes (representations)
watercolor (paint)
paper (fiber product)
Painting

Inscription

"water-color by Miss Gaskell / Bordighera" (handwritten in black ink in cursive on white and red paper label on backing paper.)

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Susan Norton

Accession Number

1990.197

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