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Coming Squall (Nahant Beach with a Summer Shower), 1835. Oil on canvas mounted on cradled panel.
Oil on canvas mounted on cradled panel · 52.1 × 71.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Coming Squall (Nahant Beach with a Summer Shower)
- Artist
- Thomas Doughty American, 1793–1856
- Date
- 1835
- Medium
- Oil on canvas mounted on cradled panel
- Dimensions
- 52.1 × 71.4 cm (20 1/2 × 28 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Herbert A. Vance
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1793–1856
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.