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Portland Head Light, Maine

Henry Farrer (1844-1903)

Object Details

  • Date

    1875

  • Medium

    Watercolor heightened with gum glaze over graphite on paper

  • Dimensions

    11 7/8 x 18 5/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. signed and dated: H. FARRER. 1875

    Verso:

    printed white label on [removed] backing board: [H&A logo] Hirschl & Adler \ Galleries, Inc. \ 21 East 70th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 \ ARTIST: HENRY FARRER \ (1843-1903) \ NUMBER: APG 6842 \ TITLE: PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT, CAPE ELIZABETH, [underlined] \ MAINE [underlined] \ MEDIUM: WATERCOLOR ON PAPER \ SIZE: 12 x 181 /2 inches \ DATE: 1875

    label on [removed] backing board: 46. HENRY FARRER [partially covered by above label] \ Portland Head Light, Coast of Maine \ watercolor 12 x 18 1/2 \ [image of painting] \ forty-four

    stamped label on [removed] backing board: THIS ART HAS BEEN [illeg.] \ CLEAN ONLY WITH [illeg.] \ AND WATER WITH A SOFT DAMP CLOTH: \ DRY WITH SAME: DO NOT TAPE. UF4 [in graphite]

    printed label on [removed] backing board: Henry Farrer \ PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT, COAST OF MAINE \ 12 x 181/2 inches; watercolor

    printed label on [removed] backing board: Henry Farrer \ PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT \ Watercolor; \ 12 x 18 1/2 inches \ Signed lower left

    printed label on [removed] backing board: ARTIST FARRER HENRY 1843 1903 Kennedy Galleries, INC. \ TITLE PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT 40 W. 57th St., 5th Floor, N.Y. 10019 \ 212 - 541-9600 \ SIGNED LOWER LEFT Year 1875 \ SIZE and MEDIUM 12.0, 18.5 WATERCOLOR ON PAPER 60009 \ NUMBER 10253 NEG. NO. K 2003 © Stock Number 00112889.3

    printed label on [removed] backing board: ARTIST FARRER, HENRY [typewritten] DATES 1843-1903 [typewritten] \ TITLE Portland Head Light, Coast of Maine [typewritten] Kennedy Galleries, INC.\ PHOTO [stamped in ink] Founded 1874 by H. Wunderlich \ 40 W. 57th St., 5th Floor, N.Y. 10019 \ SIGNED l.l. 1875 [typewritten] \ 212 - 541-9600 Telex 14-8381 \ SIZE and MEDIUM 12x181/2" watercolor [typewritten] \ STOCK NO. A12889/c. [typewritten] NEG. NO. K2003 [typewritten] printed label on [removed] backing board: FINE PRINTS AND AMERICAN PAINTINGS \ KENNEDY GALLERIES, INC. \ Founded 1874 by H. Wunderlich \ 20 East 56TH STREET • NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 \ AI2889 [typewritten] \ ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR [typewritten] \ "PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT, [typewritten] \ CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE 1875 [typewritten] \ by [typewritten] \ M ["H." inscribed over it in ink] FARRER [typewritten] \ cat no. 46 [typewritten]

    printed label on [removed] backing board: APG 6842 \ APG 6842

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1990.11

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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