Date: ca. 1860s
In 1854 John Frederick Kensett spent part of his summer in the coastal town of Newport, Rhode Island. Reachable by railroad from New York, Newport was a fashionable, bustling resort in this period, especially for the newly wealthy. Many would eventually build some of the grandest of all late-1800s American houses there.
Medium: Oil on academy board
Inscriptions: Signed with monogram lower right: "JFK"
Dimensions: H: 9 x W: 17 1/2 in.
Accession: 0010
Collection: Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection
Category: Paintings - Landscapes
Tags: Newport , Rhode Island
Purchased June, 1980 from Newhouse Galleries. From the collections of George Cluett, Little Compton, Rhode Island; and Constance Cluett Sage, daughter of George Cluett, New York, New York.