Robert Salmon (Anglo/American, 1775-1844) Smugglers, Moonlight with Lantern

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Robert Salmon (Anglo/American, 1775-1844)

Smugglers, Moonlight with Lantern
Signed and numbered "No. 607/Painted by Robert Salmon" in ink and inscribed "1829"
in pencil, probably in a later hand, on the reverse.
Oil on panel, 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Small losses/abrasions to u.r. quadrant, alligatoring, surface grime.

Provenance: A private Massachusetts collection.

Literature: John Wilmerding, Robert Salmon: Painter of Ship & Shore, Boston: Peabody Museum of Salem and Boston Public Library, 1971, p. 90.
Estimate $7,000-9,000

Two small losses/abrasions to panel u.r. approx. 1/8 x 1/8 in. each., the work may benefit from a cleaning. The craquelure is fine and stable.

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