The Lagoon
Ralph Albert Blakelock, American, 1847 - 1919
about 1880
Oil on canvas, laid on panel
Overall: 7 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.9 × 24.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Peter A. Vogt, Class of 1947, in memory of Warren C. Agry, Class of 1945, Tuck 1947
2006.10
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
No visible signature; inscribed, on reverse: Blakelock (artist's hand?) twice; stamped, on reverse of panel and frame: E/AM (in left half of a divided rectangle); printed Salander Galleries label on frame reverse, includes typed title, "THE LAGOON"; typed gum label on frame reverse: Ralph Blakelock / The Lagoon c. 1880; printed gum label on reverse of painting and on frame reverse: B917; illegible inscription scratch into frame reverse.
Course History
SART 25, Painting I, Enrico Riley, Fall 2014
SART 31, Painting II, Enrico Riley, Winter 2015
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Jen Caine, Spring 2023
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Daniele Genadry, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 22, 2008.
Publication History
Annual Report 2005-6, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2006, ill. p.23.
Provenance
[E/AM (Edward and Albert Milch) stencil on reverse suggests it was handled by Milch Gallleries (1911-1981)]; Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York; sold to Peter A. Vogt, Venice, Florida, about 1995-2000; given to present collection, 2006.
Catalogue Raisonne
Nebraska Blakelock Inventory: NBNI-1973; Category II.
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