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Watercolor

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-5108

Description

Depicts a small boat with two sails (one blue-green, the other coral) against an expanse of water.

Details

Descriptive Terms

seascapes
watercolors (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
watercolor (paint)
sailboats
Watercolor
Pencil
Unidentified Paper
Sailboat
PICTURE, SEASCAPE

Inscription

Signed in ciper l.r. ""S.A.O. (?)/Venezia."" Printed label on back ""No. 5236/DOLL AND RICHARDS/Fine Art Dealers/2 Park Street/Boston,"" also a white gummed label inscribed, ""E.W.M."" for Elizabeth Whitridge Morrison.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Doll & Richards (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA; Venice, Italy

Dimensions

10.75 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.511

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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