(American/Scottish, 1775?1844)Diamond Cove, West Highlands, signed lower right "R. S. 1841", inscribed verso "No. 15" oil on paper board with colourman label for "Charles Robeson & Compy...London", 8 x 10 in.;ÿ gilt wood frame stamped by Vose Galleries, 13-3/4 x 15-3/4 in.Exhibited: DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, "Robert Salmon: The First Major Exhibition", March 26 - April 30, 1967, No. 66 (label verso) and accompanied by the exhibition catalogLiterature: The Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, "A Selection of Paintings by Robert Salmon, 19 Century Marine Artist",ÿThe American Neptune Supplement XI, 1969,ÿill. Plate XXXhttps://archive.org/details/americanneptune1120unse/page/n5/mode/2upThis lot is also accompanied by the book, Wilmerding, John,ÿRobert Salmon: Painter of Ship & Shore,ÿPeabody Museum of Salemÿand the Boston Public Library,ÿ1971; Provenance: The Parker Gallery, London; Collection of Prof. John Wilmerding, Jr.; Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, purchased in 1970 for $3,500 (accompanied by receipt); The Estate of William N. Banks, Jr., Newnan, Georgia
Condition
board with slight convexity, crackle, edges taped, areas of retouch in sky; frame with abrasions