1979.15: Camden Harbor, Maine

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1979.15

People

William Formby Halsall, American (Kirkdale, England 1841 - 1919)

Title

Camden Harbor, Maine

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1898

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227593

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

35.9 x 51.8 cm (14 1/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
framed: 50.2 x 66 x 3.8 cm (19 3/4 x 26 x 1 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l.: W. F. Halsall
• (not assigned): Sticker on back of canvas: Gift Chas. D. Childs 6/21/68 Label on back: Jordan and Harberg / Manufacturer of / Artistic Picture Frames / 154 Federal Street / Boston MA / Order no. [2185]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Acquired by Charles D. Childs; his gift to Frances L. Hofer, 1968; bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer

Accession Year

1979

Object Number

1979.15

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 126, cat. 91, ill.

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