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"Cedar Point Lighthouse, Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts"

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1882

GUSN

GUSN-66671

Description

Painting, seascape view. Shoreline has buildings and flora, looking out over the ocean bay with boats. Gilt frame with three-part applied molded floral decoration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

seascapes
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Painting
Painting

Inscription

"E.A. Josselyn" (Painted)
"Cedar Point Light House / Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts. / Painted about 1882 by Edgar Algernon / Josselyn at Hanover Mass. He was born / in Lowell, Mass. August 13, 1846. Died / January 8, 1932 and buried at Pembroke / Center, Mass. / Given by his niece, / (Mrs. Joseph B.) Anne Bates White / Hanson, Mass." (Paper label)

Associated Building

Exhibited At Stetson House Main House,

Maker

Josselyn, Edgar Algernon, 1846-1932 (Artist)

Location of Origin

MA

Dimensions

21 1/2 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. L. Vernon Briggs

Accession Number

1928.1402

Places

Hanover (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

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