Plimouth Sound
Robert Salmon
(English, 1775–1845 or after (active in the United States 1828–42))
1837
Dimensions24.13 x 31.43 cm (9 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number48.472
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionSalmon painted Plymouth, England, from memory, nine years after he came to the United States. His decision to paint England may indicate longing for his home, to which he returned in 1842.
InscriptionsReverse: Painted by R. Salmon-/1837.ProvenanceThe artist; William P. Kittredge, Boston; to Mrs. H.R. Kittredge, Boston, 1946; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1946; to MFA, 1948, gift of Maxim Karolik.
