Beach Scene at Watch Hill, 1914

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/170002:2

Persons

Creator (cre): Greacen, Edmund W., 1876-1949

Title

Beach Scene at Watch Hill, 1914

Origin Information

Date Created	1914

Parent Item

Connecticut History Illustrated

Landscapes

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

View of Watch Hill beach, with people and beach umbrellas visible. Appears to be looking west towards Connecticut with a view of Napatree, Rhode Island and Sandy Point when the landmass was connected prior to the 1938 Hurricane.

Genre

landscapes (representations)

Subject

Geographic Subject

Extent

Source extent: 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 25.5 x 35.5 in.

Held By

Lyman Allyn Art Museum

Use and Reproduction

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut.

Note

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Environment

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Lifestyle

Note Type	local
Note	related project: NEA Artist and the Connecticut Landscape - Lyman Allyn

Note	Signed "Edmund Greacen -/1914" at lower left. This view depicts the landmass connected to Sandy Point, which is partially Connecticut (Stonington) and which was washed out during the 1938 Hurricane.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1943.444

laam_1943_444.jp2

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