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Catalog Number |
C17.501 |
Title |
Three Codfish |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Description |
A drawing in pencil on an irregularly-shaped piece of paper; the subject is three codfish, one above the other; mostly in back pencil, but with yellow and brown accents; signed "Oscar Laighton" at lower right. Brown stain across the signature. In modern wooden frame with a dark-green mat. |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Artist |
Oscar Laighton |
Dimensions |
H-8.875 W-11.875 inches |
Material |
Pencil on paper, mat board, glass, wood |
Place of Origin |
Probably Appledore Island, Kittery, Maine |
Provenance |
Oscar Laighton, brother of Celia Thaxter, was well-known for his drawings of boats and fish. The Athenaeum owns several. |
People |
Laighton, Oscar, 1839-1939 Laighton family Thaxter, Celia (Laighton), 1835-1894 |
Search Terms |
Appledore Island Isles of Shoals |
Subjects |
Drawings Fish Codfish |