Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Nahant Rock and Seashore
Object Number:
S-84
Date:
1859
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
canvas: 18 x 30 in. ( 45.7 x 76.2 cm )
Frame: 23 x 34 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 58.4 x 87.6 x 8.3 cm )
Marks:
Signed and dated lower right: JF.K. ’61. [JF conjoined]
Bibliography:
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. II, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, p. 242.
Bennewitz, Kathleen Motes, "John F. Kensett at Beverly, Massachusetts," American Art Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4, Winter, 1989, pp. 47-65.
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
