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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Coastal Scene
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This seascape shows sailing boats and a steamer billowing smoke while waves crash on a rocky shore.
Bricher began to paint in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and along the Maine and Massachusetts coastline. In 1869, he moved to New York City, where he pursued a successful career as a fashionable landscape artist.
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Provenance
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Acquired by Dr. Morris E. Sumner, Baltimore, between 1960 and 1973; given to Walters Art Museum, 1995.
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Image: H: 21 × W: 26 in. (53.3 × 66 cm)
Framed: H: 25 7/16 × W: 30 1/2 × D: 1 3/8 in. (64.6 × 77.5 × 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Morris E. Sumner in memory of Essie Bell Coxwell Sumner, 1995
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2741