This painting shows a seascape with sailboats and ships on the water. On the left is a small boat with its sails tied and several people aboard. A larger ship with unfurled sails and an American flag is in the center. On the right is the tallest sailing ship, with billowing white sails and a red-and-white flag atop its masts. There are more boats visible in the distance to the left and right, and they all have people faintly visible on their decks. The horizon is low against the sky, revealing a distant shoreline with buildings and trees on the left. The color palette is warm and muted, with…
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Boston Harbor

painter Robert Salmon (American, born England, 1775 - c. 1845)

1843

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 42.07 × 61.6 cm (16 9/16 × 24 1/4 in.) ; framed: 59.69 × 79.38 × 5.08 cm (23 1/2 × 31 1/4 × 2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase and exchange, through the gift of Orme Wilson, 1955)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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