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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1725

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

15 1/4 x 21 7/16 in. (38.8 x 54.5 cm)

Object Number

UR58

Mr. & Mrs. Neal

<img width="1200" height="838" src="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR55-NEA-BPI2012-1200x838.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR55-NEA-BPI2012-1200x838.jpg 1200w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR55-NEA-BPI2012-300x209.jpg 300w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR55-NEA-BPI2012-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR55-NEA-BPI2012-768x536.jpg 768w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR55-NEA-BPI2012-1536x1072.jpg 1536w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR55-NEA-BPI2012.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (18.7 x 15.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Jewell, 1951

Object Number

UR55

Landscape with Canal, Boats and Figures

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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1720–1750

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

32 1/16 x 39 15/16 in. (81.4 x 101.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Julia Moore (Mrs. Calvin) Austin, 1946

Object Number

UR56

Seaport with Figures

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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1650–1680

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 1/4 x 46 5/16 in. (76.9 x 117.7 cm)

Credit Line

Provenance unknown, by 1839, [1839]

Object Number

UR53

Elisha Ticknor

<img width="1200" height="1339" src="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR49-NEA-BPI2014-1200x1339.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR49-NEA-BPI2014-1200x1339.jpg 1200w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR49-NEA-BPI2014-269x300.jpg 269w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR49-NEA-BPI2014-918x1024.jpg 918w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR49-NEA-BPI2014-768x857.jpg 768w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR49-NEA-BPI2014-1377x1536.jpg 1377w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR49-NEA-BPI2014-1836x2048.jpg 1836w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1816–1821

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

28 1/16 x 24 in. (71.3 x 61 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Harriette Low, 1956

Object Number

UR49

Weir River, Hingham

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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

19 15/16 x 30 5/16 in. (50.6 x 77 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Charles E. Mason, Jr., 1966

Object Number

UR46a

Landscape (Hudson River?)

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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

19 15/16 x 30 5/16 in. (50.6 x 77 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Charles E. Mason Jr., 1966

Object Number

UR46b

Landscape with a House and a Boy Playing with a Hoop

<img width="1200" height="1024" src="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR35-NEA-BPI2014-1200x1024.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR35-NEA-BPI2014-1200x1024.jpg 1200w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR35-NEA-BPI2014-300x256.jpg 300w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR35-NEA-BPI2014-1024x874.jpg 1024w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR35-NEA-BPI2014-768x655.jpg 768w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR35-NEA-BPI2014-1536x1310.jpg 1536w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR35-NEA-BPI2014-2048x1747.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1870–1880

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

16 1/4 x 19 11/16 in. (41.2 x 50 cm) (oval)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William S. Shurcliff in memory of Harriot C. Curtis, 1975

Object Number

UR35

Spruce Court, Beacon Hill, Boston

<img width="1200" height="1502" src="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010-1200x1502.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010-1200x1502.jpg 1200w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010-240x300.jpg 240w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010-818x1024.jpg 818w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010-768x962.jpg 768w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010-1227x1536.jpg 1227w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010-1636x2048.jpg 1636w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR328-BPI2010.jpg 1837w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on masonite board

Dimensions

24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Stanley Ellis Cushing, 2010

Object Number

UR328

Mary Anne (Adams) Roberts and Her Children, Davis B. Roberts & Mary Anne Roberts

<img width="1200" height="1366" src="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR322-NEA-BPI2012-1200x1366.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR322-NEA-BPI2012-1200x1366.jpg 1200w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR322-NEA-BPI2012-264x300.jpg 264w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR322-NEA-BPI2012-899x1024.jpg 899w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR322-NEA-BPI2012-768x874.jpg 768w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR322-NEA-BPI2012-1349x1536.jpg 1349w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UR322-NEA-BPI2012.jpg 1690w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1824

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

unframed: 32 x 26 5/8 in. (81.3 x 67.6 cm) Other (framed): 94.9 x 81.9 cm (37 3/8 x 32 1/4 in.)

Description

portrait of young woman and two small children, male and female; seated, arm of chair at right, part of column, drapery, and open window upper left

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Katherine Livermore Lahee, 2008

Object Number

UR322