Fine Paintings and Sculpture

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Robert Salmon (Anglo/American, 1775-
1858)

Harbor View with British Vessels
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 15 x 25 in. (38.1 x 63.5 cm),
framed.
Condition: Small puncture c.l., patch
reinforcement, retouch, varnish
inconsistencies, minor scattered losses,
stretcher marks, surface grime.

Provenance: Through a private collection,
Ireland; Skinner, American & European
Paintings, November 17, 2006, sale #2340,
Lot 139, to current owner.

N.B. Salmon was born in Whitehaven, but

little is known about him before his move to

Liverpool in 1806. It has been surmised that

given his knowledge of sailing and rigging,

Salmon may have spent some of his early

years at sea. Although a number of paintings,

all showing Salmon’s mature style, predate the

1806 move, it was at this time that the artist

began the formal inventory of his paintings.

Most of the English harbor views were

completed before Salmon moved to America

in 1828—Salmon was driven to painting

truthfully and without embellishment from

life—although there are several English views

from the 1840s.

$8,000-12,000

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