John Frederick Kensett

Beacon Rock, Newport Harbour



John Frederick Kensett - Beacon Rock, Newport Harbour



John Frederick Kensett
Beacon Rock, Newport Harbour
1857
57.1 x 91.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right, JF in ligature: JF.K. 57
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Frederick Sturgers, Jr.


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 834


Provenance

Possibly Jonathan Sturges (1802-1874), New York, and Fairfield, Connecticut
his son, Frederick Sturges (died 1917), New York, and Fairfield, Connecticut
his son, Frederick Sturges, Jr. (1876-1977), Fairfield, Connecticut
gift 1953 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1953.1.1