FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
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FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)

Fishing Boats on Jamaica Bay

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FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
Fishing Boats on Jamaica Bay
signed and dated 'F.A. Silva./78-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 x 39 1/4 in. (53.3 x 99.7 cm.)
Painted in 1878.
Provenance
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1986.
Sotheby's, New York, 21 September 1994, lot 25A.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
M.D. Mitchell, Francis A. Silva (1835-1886): In His Own Light, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2002, pp. 39, 133, fig. 21, illustrated.
Exhibited
Brooklyn, New York, Museum of the Borough of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, From Brooklyn to the Sea: Ships, Seafarers, and New York Harbor, 1985.

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