Lot Essay
This paintings was signed, dated, and inscribed An Old Town by the Sea on the reverse before lining.
Details
FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
An Old Town by the Sea, Gloucester Harbor
signed Francis A. Silva and dated 1880, l.r.--oil on canvas
24 x 44in. (61.3 x 112cm.)
An Old Town by the Sea, Gloucester Harbor
signed Francis A. Silva and dated 1880, l.r.--oil on canvas
24 x 44in. (61.3 x 112cm.)
Provenance
Vose Galleries, Boston
Literature
Encyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, Volume IV, pg. 185
Exhibited
New York, National Academy of Design, 1880, no. 601 as An Old Town by the Sea