A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine

Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford American, 1823–1880

Date1864

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions7 x 12 in. (17.8 x 30.5 cm)
Frame: 14 x 19 x 2 3/4 in. (35.6 x 48.3 x 7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number72.1.7

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Provenance**Created United States, 1864; collection of the artist; [estate sale, Thomas E. Kirby & Co., New York, April 11, 1881, no. 52]; R. S. Hobbs; [James McGrath, Boston, ca. 1968]; [Vose Galleries, Boston, 1968]; Douglas B. Collins, Longmeadow, MA, 1969; to father, Webster Collins, Longmeadow; [Vose Galleries, 1972]; sold to NCMA, 1972.

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