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Object photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Image color corrected by Pat Cagney…
Boys Hunting Crabs, September Morning, Suffolk Coast, England
Object photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Image color corrected by Pat Cagney…
Object photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Image color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Boys Hunting Crabs, September Morning, Suffolk Coast, England

Artist Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925)
Date1885
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 13 7/8 x 25 3/4 in. (35.2 x 65.4 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineGift of Perry and Bunny Morgan
Object number97.11
Terms
  • Seacoast
  • Landscape
  • Boys
  • crabs
  • Tan
  • Blue
  • Yellow
  • Ochre
  • Green
  • Orange
  • White
  • Black
  • Impressionism
  • England
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DescriptionThis painting depicts two boys in a body of water, one stands while the other lies upon a bit of land to peer into the water. There are buildings and a windmill in the background.

Label TextWillard Leroy Metcalf American (1858-1925) Boys Hunting Crabs, September Morning, Suffolk Coast, England, 1885 Oil on canvas Gift of Perry and Bunny Morgan 97.11
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