Harvard Art Museums > 2010.545: Smugglers by Moonlight Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Smugglers by Moonlight (Robert Salmon) , 2010.545,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337062. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.545 People Robert Salmon, American (Whitehaven, England c. 1775 - c. 1851 Cumberland, England) Title Smugglers by Moonlight Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1829 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/337062 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on wood panel Dimensions 24.2 x 31.1 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.) framed: 35.6 x 42.3 cm (14 x 16 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: R S 1829 inscription: on verso: "No. 607/Painted by Robert Salmon/1829" Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased from the artist by Thomas H. Perkins, Boston, MA, at Boston Athenaeum sale (no. 167), 1829; descended in the Perkins family to 2010; purchased from Skinner, Inc, Boston, MA, (lot 383) September 24, 2010. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Daniel A. Pollack, Class of 1960, American Art Acquisition Fund Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.545 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History John Wilmerding, Robert Salmon: Painter of Ship and Shore, Peabody Essex Museum and Boston Public Library (Boston, MA, 1971), p. 90 Robert F. Perkins, Jr. and William J. Gavin, III, The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index: 1827-1874, The Boston Athenaeum (1980), p. 124 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 425, cat. 388, ill. Exhibition History Unidentified Exhibition, Boston Athenaeum, 1829, Boston Athenaeum, Boston, 01/01/1829 - 12/31/1829 Recent Acquisitions, Part II: Building the Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/19/2012 - 09/29/2012 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
