View of Saint Peter's
attributed to James Hamilton Shegogue, American, 1806 - 1872
1846
Oil on paper
Overall: 7 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (19.6 × 27.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
P.983.38.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed and dated, on reverse: Back of St. Peters / Rome / 1846. Also a pencil sketch of figures. From a photocopy of an inscripiton [from album?], formerly on backing: This book for...[illeg.] (in different hand) Presented to T.S. Cummings / Feb 12th 1848 / by Mrs. Henry Inman. widow of the / late Henry Inman. / [in yet another hand] Thomas S. Cumming S. [?] / to his esteemed friend / James H. Shegogue / Dec. 25 1855
Provenance
Lewis A. Shepard Works of Art, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1983.
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