Edward Gay American, 1837-1928 Surf at Bellport, Long Island, 1880 American, 1837-1928 Surf at Bellport, Long Island, 1880 Signed Edward Gay. and dated 1880 (ll) Oil on canvas 20 x 36 inches Provenance: Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Hampton, CT Helen Litchfield Cleveland, by descent Cleveland Estate auction Frank and Clara Starkey, Hampton, CT Frank and Marion Starkey Hamlet, by descent Susan Hamlet, New Bedford, MA, by descent This seascape, depicting the sandy shoreline at Bellport, Long Island, was first owned by Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, governor of Connecticut in 1842-43. Gay is known to have painted at least one other view of Bellport, of similar size, but depicting the beach from a different vantage point. In 1880, the year this work was painted, Gay exhibited a painting at the National Academy of Design entitled By the Sea, no. 423, but it is not clear if it depicted a Bellport scene. caption: Bellport Beach Photo: Howie Guja C
Frame rubbing. There are minor scattered touches of inpaint throughout the sky and along the beach. No further restoration detected under UV light.
Edward Gay American, 1837-1928 Surf at Bellport, Long Island, 1880 American, 1837-1928 Surf at Bellport, Long Island, 1880 Signed Edward Gay. and dated 1880 (ll) Oil on canvas 20 x 36 inches Provenance: Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Hampton, CT Helen Litchfield Cleveland, by descent Cleveland Estate auction Frank and Clara Starkey, Hampton, CT Frank and Marion Starkey Hamlet, by descent Susan Hamlet, New Bedford, MA, by descent This seascape, depicting the sandy shoreline at Bellport, Long Island, was first owned by Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, governor of Connecticut in 1842-43. Gay is known to have painted at least one other view of Bellport, of similar size, but depicting the beach from a different vantage point. In 1880, the year this work was painted, Gay exhibited a painting at the National Academy of Design entitled By the Sea, no. 423, but it is not clear if it depicted a Bellport scene. caption: Bellport Beach Photo: Howie Guja C
Frame rubbing. There are minor scattered touches of inpaint throughout the sky and along the beach. No further restoration detected under UV light.
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