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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 376

Robert Salmon

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

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(Massachusetts, 1775-1845) The Ship [Genrous [sic] Friends] in Distress, signed lower right signed with monogram "RS", oil on panel, 12-7/8 x 20-3/4 in.; 19th century painted and gilt wood frame, retouch affecting less than 5% of surface with most at top left corner; frame regilt and painted, abrasions. Notes: The sloop [Generous Friends] helped to evacuate Loyalists from New York and transported them to New Brunswick in 1783. She later foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Exeter, Devon, in 1796.. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, January 20, 2001, Lot #66; Tampa, Florida, Private Collection

Condition

retouch affecting less than 5% of surface with most at top left corner; frame regilt and painted, abrasions

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