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Jersey City Dock Yards of Central Railroad of New Jersey, (painting). Artist:  Will, John M. August, 1834-1910, painter. Title:  Jersey City Dock Yards of Central Railroad of New Jersey, (painting). Other Titles:  Central Dockyards, Jersey City, (painting). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on board. Dimensions:  15.75 x 12 in. Inscription:  (Lower right:) Aug. Will 1848 (On back:) near Cor. Johnson and /Jersey Av./J.C. 1884/C.R.R. N.J./building docks and/filling in ground./Aug. Will, artist/47 Belmont Av.J.C. signed Description:  Waterscape with three barges, or canal boats, reflected on the surface of the water in the foreground on the southern edge of the Morris Canal Basin in Jersey City, New Jersey. The yellowish warm atmospheric view is east toward the Hudson River and lower Manhattan, and toward Brooklyn in the far distance. There are two freight houses, or terminals, on the docks behind the boats on the south bank of the canal. Sailboats are docked at the freight houses, and behind the sailboats on the left bank of the canal are warehouses/sugar houses. The scene is painted from the corner of Johnston and Jersey Avenues, looking slightly northeast, and the location is recorded by the artist on the back of the board. This location is now in the Liberty State Park, a New Jersey state park. Subject:  Cityscape -- New Jersey -- Jersey City Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Dock Architecture -- Boat -- Barge Architecture -- Boat -- Sailboat Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Warehouse Waterscape -- Harbor Waterscape -- Boat Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Spasovic, Lazar N., 1 Greene Street, Jersey City, New Jersey Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 888 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10021 Sale 146 (1958), lot 178 Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York Doyle's American Furniture and Decoration, New York, New York Sale (Nov. 29, 2006), lot 2343 Purchased from Pedersen Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey References:  "Our golden anniversary catalogue of American painting: historical, genre, western: 1908-1958, offered for sale by Edward Eberstadt & Sons," NY: New York: Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 1958. Spasovic, Lazar N., 2008. Illustration:  "Our golden anniversary catalogue of American painting: historical, genre, western: 1908-1958, offered for sale by Edward Eberstadt & Sons," NY: New York: Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 1958. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 62270378   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 62270378 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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