Shore of Darien, Connecticut
1872
19th Century
12 in. x 20 in.
John Frederick Kensett,
American,
(1816–1872)
Medium and Support:
oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.82
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 Contentment Island at Darien, Connecticut.