ROBERT SWAIN GIFFORD (NY/MA, 1840-1905)
"Grand Manan", oil on academy board, signed lower right and dated 1862, depicting a Brigantine being driven on towards the rocky coast by a storm, backstamped by Vose Galleries of Boston, with two notes verso that read "Painting of ship by R. Swain Gifford to Grace Dana --- (Forbes)" and "Picture by R. Swain Gifford given as a wedding gift to Eliza N. Dana by (P)itts Morgan in 1862. It was painted to---- at the time of his ----". Housed in the original ornate gilt gesso matched corner deep cove frame, OS: 15" x 21", SS: 8" x 14". Good condition, minor frame loss. Provenance: From the Estate of Albert P Neilson
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"Grand Manan", oil on academy board, signed lower right and dated 1862, depicting a Brigantine being driven on towards the rocky coast by a storm, backstamped by Vose Galleries of Boston, with two notes verso that read "Painting of ship by R. Swain Gifford to Grace Dana --- (Forbes)" and "Picture by R. Swain Gifford given as a wedding gift to Eliza N. Dana by (P)itts Morgan in 1862. It was painted to---- at the time of his ----". Housed in the original ornate gilt gesso matched corner deep cove frame, OS: 15" x 21", SS: 8" x 14". Good condition, minor frame loss. Provenance: From the Estate of Albert P Neilson