Shore of Darien, Connecticut

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Note

Note Type	source note
Note	Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Environment

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Lifestyle

Note Type	local
Note	related project: NEA Artist and the Connecticut Landscape - Florence Griswold Museum

Note

John Frederick Kensett was born in Chester and worked primarily in the Darien area. This painting is part of a body of work known as the artist's "Last Summer's Work", a group of paintings produced during the summer of 1872, several months before Kensett's death. Most of these paintings were produced near to Kensett's studio on Contentme. Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 2002.1.82

fgm_2002_1_82.jp2

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