Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sunset on the Coast of Massachusetts
Object Number:
1955.122
Date:
1874
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. ( 19 x 27.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: upper: "No [blank] 1000 Gems/Composed Sepr 20th 1874/Sunset on the Coast of Massachusetts/6 1/2 x 4 Paint 20 x 12/10 1/2 x 6 1/2"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center above image in black ink over graphite: "No 1000 Gems / Composed Sepr. 28th 1874. / 'Sunset on the Coast of Massachusetts.' / 6 1/2 x 4 Paint 20 x 12. / 10 1/2 x 6 1/2"
Description:
Seascape
Gallery Label:
Intended for the 1,000 Gems of American landscape.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
