Landscape near Newport, R. I.
ca. 1877-1878
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.9 × 65.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138786
In 1870, Edward Bannister and his wife moved from Boston to Providence, Rhode Island. The state capital had a rapidly growing immigrant population at that time, and African Americans struggled for job opportunities. Despite these difficult circumstances, Bannister established himself by tapping into the market for pastoral landscape scenes, fashionable among wealthy Providence patrons. Dealer Set…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ronald E. Deal
Registry history
- ca. 1877-1878 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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