Bucolic Antique Oil on Board Seaside Painting (with another on reverse) New England coast graphite on laid paper

graphite on laid paper

I've always got an eye out for brushes

10" long x 6 1/8" tall x 2 3/8" deep

who had many many fine things

1860-80s or so

Bucolic Antique Oil on Board Seaside Painting (with another on reverse) New England coast graphite on laid paperA transportive little painting on board, late 19th century or so I believe, with a nice big painterly sky and a view of a scattering of tiny sailboats on the horizon. And on the flip side, perhaps abandoned before finished, a couple strolling leisurely down a dirt path, dwarfed by tall trees on either side. Better in person, with a lovely presence. 6 5 16" w x 9 1 8" t and in good condition. There is a little pinkish tone at lower right, perhaps a