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Periods and Styles: The Hudson River School

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Artist(s): John Frederick Kensett (Cheshire, CT, Mar 22, 1818 - Dec 14, 1872, New York, NY)
Title: Swampscott Beach, Mass.
Date: mid 19th century
Dimensions: 10 15/16 in. x 22 1/16 in. (27.78 cm x 56.04 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, Museum purchase, 1957.51

This object is a member of the following groups (click any group name to view all objects in that group):

Periods and Styles: The Hudson River School

Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

The Works, Addison Gallery of American Art, 11/7/1969 - 2/22/1970
untitled [last show curated by Hedy Backlin-Landman], Danforth Museum of Art, 1/1/1977 - 10/25/1987
Visions of the New Land: 19th Century American Landscape, Addison Gallery of American Art, 11/7/1980 - 12/7/1980
Point of View: Landscapes from the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 10/16/1992 - 12/20/1992
Masterworks from the Permanent Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/21/1994 - 4/3/1994
Masterworks from the Permanent Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/5/1995 - 12/17/1995
Framing America's Landscapes: Painting from the Addison Gallery of American Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, 11/20/1998 - 7/31/1999
Masterworks from the Permanent Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 2/22/2000 - 3/26/2000
The American Land: Selections from the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/19/2001 - 4/8/2001
Eye on the Collection: Copley to Hopper, Addison Gallery of American Art, 12/21/2004 - 6/12/2005
Eye on the Collection: West to Hopper, Addison Gallery of American Art, 6/17/2005 - 10/16/2005
The Small Format Landscape, Addison Gallery of American Art, 12/23/2005 - 4/9/2006
Natural Selections, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/14/2013 - 3/16/2014
[Permanent Collection 201-5], Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/12/2014 - 7/31/2014
In Tandem: Inspirations and Collaborations, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/12/2015 - 1/3/2016

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