Boston Harbor, 1843

Not on View

oil on wood

overall: 42.07 × 61.6 cm (16 9/16 × 24 1/4 in.)

framed: 59.69 × 79.38 × 5.08 cm (23 1/2 × 31 1/4 × 2 in.)

2015.19.77

Robert Salmon (painter) American, born England, 1775 - c. 1845

reverse: R.S.A.T. / by R. Salmon [obscured] / 1843 / 1837 [crossed out]

Private collection; sold March 1955 through (Victor D. Spark, New York) to the Corcoran Gallery of Art; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Spark, Victor D.

1961: Loan for display at the White House, Washington, 3 February 1961 - 9 December 1963.

1963: Progress of an American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 25 October - 29 December 1963, unpublished checklist.

1966: Loan for display at the Reception Hall, U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1966-1989.

1966: Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, unpublished checklist.

2008: The American Evolution: A HIstory through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, unpublished checklist.

2013: American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

2011: Wagner, Ann Prentice. "Robert Salmon, Boston Harbor." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 86-87, 259-260, repro.