Painting
- Title:
- Fort McClary
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.004
- Creator:
- Lord, Lucy K. (1833-1913)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1888
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Fort McClary, Kittery Point, Maine, by Lucy K. Lord (1833-1913), 1888. Oil on artist board. Depicts hexagonal blockhouse on right and red building on left, with other buildings behind. Stone wall in foreground. Reverse of artist board has smooth dark gray finish with floral drawing scratched into it. Pencil inscription, upper left: "#2697 / Mrs Lord". Pencil inscription on backing paper: "Fort McClary / by / Lucy Lord / May 28, 1888". Ink inscription on back of frame (on edge): "R. Cheney To Dorothy Vaughan" (copied for file). Backing paper saved (in file) but frame and backboard discarded. Unframed.
- Material:
- Artist board
- Dimensions:
- H-6 W-7.4 D-0.1 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, NH artifacts. Apparently given to her by artist Russell Cheney (1881-1945).
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Fort McClary, Forts & fortifications
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