William Bradford
Coastal Rocks, Nahant: A Sketch

ArtistAmerican, 1823–1892
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Coastal Rocks, Nahant: A Sketch
Datec. 1855–1865
PlaceNahant, Massachusetts, United States
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (34.9 × 50.2 cm)
Frame: 23 3/4 × 29 1/2 in. (60.3 × 74.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Charles Butt; Frank J. Hevrdejs; Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long; Maconda B. O'Connor; Fayez Sarofim; Ann Trammell; the James W. Glanville Family Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hudson, Jr.; Kathryn and Jim Ketelsen; Mrs. William S. Kilroy; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lindsey; Dr. and Mrs. John P. McGovern; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bookout III; Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy; Rose and Harry H. Cullen; John R. Eckel, Jr.; Mrs. Daniel R. Japhet; Mr. and Mrs. A. Clark Johnson; The Brown Foundation, Inc., courtesy of Carla Knobloch; Flo and Bill McGee; Pamela and David A. Ott; Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Schissler; Martha and Trey Lipsitz; Lynne Campbell; and Mrs. Paul Elliott Van Hook in honor of the tenth anniversary of the American Painting and Sculpture Department
Object number2005.1209
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Signed in the image, lower left: "W. Bradford"
Printed back label: "Hirschl & Adler / Galleries, Inc. ... NUMBER: APG 8495..."

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