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Accession #	06.31
Artist	Arthur Parton
Title	Misty Morning, Coast of Maine
Date	ca. late 1860s
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	9 1/8 x 17 5/16 in. (23.2 x 44 cm)
Signed	Signed lower left (initials in monogram): "AP"
Credit Line	Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus
Location	Visible Storage: Case 15, Screen F (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks: The influence of William Trost Richards is evident in this work’s coastal subject matter, careful execution, and vaporous atmospheric effects. Parton studied with Richards in Philadelphia from 1859 to 1861 and remained close with the elder artist throughout his life, even going on a sketching expedition with him in the Adirondacks.