A Newport Afternoon, 1871

John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872)

Oil on board
8⅝ x 12⅛ inches - Framed: 17½ x 20¾ x 1½ inches

Initialed and dated lower left: FK. ’71; on verso: a newport afternoon / J. F. Kensett / for Mrs. O’Sullivan / with compts of the Season

John Frederick Kensett - A Newport Afternoon, 1871

Provenance

The artist
Mrs. Thomas O’Sullivan, gift from above
Elizabeth Love Allen Marquand (Mrs. Henry Marquand), sister of above
Elizabeth Love Godwin, daughter of above
Frances Bryant Godwin and Elizabeth Love Godwin, daughters of above
Private collection, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, March 13, 1996, lot 24, from above
Private collection, acquired from above
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York, New York
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2024
Collection of J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox, acquired from above

Note

John Frederick Kensett painted this work as a gift for Mrs. Thomas O’Sullivan, sister-in-law of noted art collector Henry Marquand. Kensett created several works for the Marquand family, who owned a summer home in Newport.

Related Work

Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor, 1857, oil on canvas, 22½ x 36 inches, signed and dated lower right; National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection, Washington, DC

The Rocks at Newport, Rhode Island, 1862, oil on canvas, 7⅝ x 15⅝ inches; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York

Near Newport, 1869, oil on canvas, 11⅝ x 24¼ inches, signed and dated lower right; The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Newport, Rhode Island (Beacon Rock), 1872, oil on canvas, 12 x 20½ inches; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

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