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Description:
Robert Swain Gifford (New York/Massachusetts, 1840-1905)
Vinyard Sound Lightship
Signed and titled on the back of the canvas "Vinyard Sound Lightship/By R. Swain Gifford/New York 1867."
Oil on canvas, 17 x 30 in., in a molded and gold-painted frame.
Condition: Canvas has extensive flaking and paint loss.
From the Collection of Leonard H. Chace Jr.
Estimate $300-500
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Keywords
Robert Swain Gifford, Leonard H. Chace, Swain
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