PaintingsAmerican19th century
Smugglers by Moonlight
1829
Artists
Robert SalmonArtist
Dimensions
24.2 x 31.1 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.) framed: 35.6 x 42.3 cm (14 x 16 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Thomas H. Perkins, Boston, MA, at Boston Athenaeum sale (no. 167), 1829; descended in the Perkins family to 2010; purchased from Skinner, Inc, Boston, MA, (lot 383) September 24, 2010.
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