Project Description

George Inness
The Coming Storm, 1864
Oil on canvas
16 x 24 inches
Signed and dated lower right : G. Inness 1864

Provenance
With Doll and Richards, Boston, Mr. Seabury, February 26-27, 1875 no. 83
Samuel H. Russell, Boston, MA 1875
Lady Edith Playfair (daughter of Mr. Russell, London, England, by 1902-1916
M. Knoedler and Co., New York 1916
John Leby Galleries, New York, 1916
M. Knoedler and Co, New York 1916-1920
H. W. Nichols, Cincinnati, OH 1920
Doll and Richards, Boston, ca. 1949
Estate of Mary Patricia Keasbey

Exhibitions
Boston, MA, Sowles, August 5, 1865
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts, May 29-October 24, 1877, (lent by Samuel H. Russell)
New York, NY, M. Knoedler and Co., 10th Annual Summer Exhibition, 1917, no. 26 (as Coming Storm)

Literature
Evening Post, NY, August 8, 1865 – cover page review
L. Ireland, Works of George Inness, Cat. No. 294, page 74-75, illustrated page 74
M. Quick, George Inness, A Catalogue Raisonne, Volume 1, Cat. No. 225, page 238-239, illustration page 238, color illustration, plate 57.