Lot Essay
Nichols was a lawyer and in 1848 took up painting professionally, studying with Jasper Frances Cropsey. He later went abroad in 1853 and then settled in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Edward W. Nichols (1819-1871)
View of Hartford, Connecticut
signed with initials 'EWN' lower left--oil on canvas
8 x 14in. (20.5 x 35.5cm.)
View of Hartford, Connecticut
signed with initials 'EWN' lower left--oil on canvas
8 x 14in. (20.5 x 35.5cm.)