View of Upper Bay

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Artist Buttersworth, J.E.
Collection Seascapes
Credit line Museum purchase with the assistance of Henry Schnackenberg
Date c. 1887
Description Maritime scene of upper New York Bay looking toward Staten Island; sailing vessel on right foreground; four other vessels rendered in the background, left.

James E. Buttersworth was born on the Isle of Wright in 1817 and died in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1894. He was a marine painter who adopted America as his new residence about 1850.

Dimensions W-11.75 L-7.75 inches
Medium Oil on panel
Object ID A1961.9
Object Name Painting
Place of Origin New York Bay
Title View of Upper Bay
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