Environs of Boston
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Dana Pond
(Winchester, Massachusettes, 1881–1962)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Dateearly 20th century
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 21 7/8 x 33 11/16 in. (55.5 x 85.5 cm)
Canvas: 16 15/16 x 28 3/4 in. (43 x 73 cm)
Canvas: 16 15/16 x 28 3/4 in. (43 x 73 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Latane Temple, 1985.115
Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object number1985.115
On View
Not on viewFollowing in the tradition of 17th century Dutch landscape painting, Dana Pond devotes a third of the canvas to the New England sky. The newly-constructed Boston Custom House Tower—the tallest building in the city at the time—hazily appears in the distance.
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