On Old Orchard Beach (Night)

Art

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

On Old Orchard Beach (Night)

Entry/Object ID

1986.21.4

Description

Small landscape scene in oil on a mahogany panel with beveled edges, painted gold. Scene depicts the shore of Old Orchard Beach at twilight/evening. The moon rises on the left over Prout's Neck, there is an island at the center of the shore, with three figures on the beach. Dark indigo sky. In white paint on the back of the panel in Bradbury's handwriting: "On Old Orchard Beach/By G.E.B. 1880" Front lower left corner "GEB/80"

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on mahogany panel

Made/Created

Artist

Bradbury, Gibeon Elden (1833-1904)

Date made

1880

Dimensions

Width

4-1/4 in

Length

6-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Image Size: 4.19 x 6.56"