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A Perspective View of Part of the Town of Nantucket Taken from a North Window in the House of Walter Folger, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Folger, Phebe 1771-1857  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Harvard University Houghton Library Cambridge Massachusetts 02138
Date:
Ca. 1797
Notes:
Jehle, Michael A., ed., "Picturing Nantucket: an art history of the island with paintings from the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association: works by artists born before 1900," Nantucket, MA: Nantucket Historical Association, 2000, fig. 53.
Summary:
An early view of Nantucket, with houses, a garden, and several figures.
Topic:
Cityscape--Massachusetts--Nantucket  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 88580021
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_354912