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Coastal Scene
Alfred Thompson Bricher2nd half 19th century
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This seascape shows sailing boats and a steamer billowing smoke while waves crash on a rocky shore.
Bricher began to paint in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and along the Maine and Massachusetts coastline. In 1869, he moved to New York City, where he pursued a successful career as a fashionable landscape artist.
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Details
- Title: Coastal Scene
- Creator: Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
- Date Created: 2nd half 19th century
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908)
- Provenance: Acquired by Dr. Morris E. Sumner, Baltimore, between 1960 and 1973; given to Walters Art Museum, 1995.
- Object Type: watercolors
- Medium: watercolor
- Inscriptions: [Signature] lower left: AT Bricher
- Geography: Place of Origin: United States
- Dimensions: H: 21 x W: 26 in. (53.34 x 66.04 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Morris E. Sumner in memory of Essie Bell Coxwell Sumner, 1995
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.2741
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