Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
"The Ferry." Boston Harbor from Governor's Island Near Fort Winthrop. Signed "B.P. Conklin" l.r., titled l.l. Oil on canvas, 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in., in an ornate gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Craquelure.
Note: It is thought that perhaps the scene depicts January, 1844 when that the steamship Britannia became locked in the ice of Boston Harbor, and a channel had to be cut in the ice to free it. The figures may have been passengers taken off the ship and brought to shore on the island.
Estimate $800-1,200
The craquelure is mostly vertical not fine, fairly stable.