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Catalog entry
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inv. 535
An American Frigate Hove-to Off the New England Coast
Oil on canvas 17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Private collection, New York
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Provenance (Information known to date; research ongoing.)
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
No known exhibitions.Published References
Granby, Alan, and Janice Hyland. Flying the Colors: The Unseen Treasures of Nineteenth-Century American Marine Art. Easthampton, MA: Hudson Hills Press, 2009., ill., pl. I.16, p. 43, text, p. 14.
Commentary
This painting features a small schooner heading towards large U.S. Navy frigate that may be the "Congress"—the fourth to have that name, it was a 44-gun frigate launched from the Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1841. This scene may be commemorating "Congress's" first visit to the Boston Navy Yard. To the left, a brig and sloop of war are seen heading out of the frame.
Granby, Alan, and Janice Hyland. Flying the Colors: The Unseen Treasures of Nineteenth-Century American Marine Art. Easthampton, MA: Hudson Hills Press, 2009. p. 14