Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1966.009
- Creator:
- Burgum, John (1826-1907)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Landscape painting, untitled, by John Burgum (1826-1907), c.1890. Oil on board. Eastern Point Lighthouse, Gloucester, MA. Rocky shore curving from lower right foreground to left and into the sea. Lighthouse and other buildings on rocky promontory at center. Small sailboats on water in background. Distant shoreline with hills. Pale pink and blue sky. Signed lower right corner "J. BURGUM". Inscription in pencil on reverse of board: "Eastern Point Lighthouse / Gloucester, Mass." Gilded gesso over wood frame (beaded interior border edge, unadorned face, and elaborate sculptured forms around exterior edge). Previously lighthouse in painting was identified as Nubble Lighthouse in York, ME, but it is probably Eastern Point Lighthouse in Gloucester, MA.
- Material:
- Wood
Board - Dimensions:
- H-6.1 W-12.2 D-0.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Vose Galleries, Boston, MA
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Burgum, John (1826-1907)
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