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Frigate in Boston Harbor

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1806

GUSN

GUSN-2556

Description

Frigate in full sail with rowboat in tow, in Boston Harbor, with American flag hung at rear; Fort Independence in left background. Original frame, grain-painted.

Details

Descriptive Terms

marines (visual works)
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
marines (visual works)
Picture
Seascape
Oil on Panel
Maritime
Seascape

Inscription

1) White paint, lower right corner of image: ""1806 S. Crehore"" 2) Painted script on panel verso: ""To be left at Cap't. Briggs Dorchester.""

Associated Building

Subject Boston Harbor,

Maker

Crehore, S. (Maker)

Dimensions

23.5 x 30 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.684

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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