Oil on canvas, signed lower right, retaining hand-written label with title to verso, presented in a period gilt composition frame.

Stretcher size 20 x 28 in.; Frame dimensions 28 x 36 in.

Henry Pember Smith with born in Waterford, Connecticut. He was self-taught artist, and spent several years studying the works of Old Masters while traveling throughout Europe.

Back in the United States, Smith maintained a studio in New York City and exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design. He is best known for his New England landscapes, particularly views around Cape Ann, Massachusetts, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

Surface grime; loss to top center of frame.

$1,000 - 3,000