In 1834, Wall returned to New Bedford and opened a studio on North Water Street. Thenceforth the town provided him with the visual material he needed for the rest of his life. He also found success as a portrait painter and there is scarcely an important New Bedford family without a portrait by Wall in their collection. He also found time to develop many large historical landscapes, choosing subjects predominantly related to New Bedford and the surrounding areas, such as this dramatic rendition of nearby Fairhaven Harbor. 

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Provenance:

Collection of the Fairhaven Yacht Club

Private collection, Dennis, Massachusetts, until 1969 

With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 22872, February 1969

To collection of Robert C. Vose, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, September 1969

By descent through the Vose family, until 2001

With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 33328, August 2000

To collection of Mr. and Mrs. G. Arnold Haynes, Wellesley, Massachusetts, September 2001

Eventually to the Haynes Family Foundation, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Labels:

1). Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 33328

2). (two typed older stickers, on frame and left stretcher): L 75.42

3). Vose Galleries stamp on stretcher and frame: FROM / VOSE GALLERIES / OF BOSTON, INC / 238 NEWBURY ST

Exhibitions:

1). New Bedford and Old Dartmouth, A Portrait of a Region’s Past, Old Dartmouth Historical Society at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, December 4 1975 to April 18, 1976, No. 116, illus. p. 137 as View of New Bedford Harbor

2). American Embassy, Great Britain, 1976

3). American Marine Painting Exhibition, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, Massachusetts, March 23 – May 15, 1988

4). Building Connections: Works from the Haynes Family Foundation,Vose Galleries, Boston, June 2 – July 24, 2018