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Entrance to Narragansett Bay from Conanicut Island Near Old Fort Dumpling, 1776
John Perry Newell (American, about 1832–1898)
1865
Medium/Technique
Brush and wash with scratched highlights on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.3 x 34.2 cm (8 3/4 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.1044
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 600
DescriptionCircular fort on rocky height right. Rough water with rocks in foreground and schooner left.
InscriptionsInscribed lower right in pen and ink: N.P. Newell / 1865.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA September 21, 1960