On Tacony Creek
Datec. 1878
Artist
Xanthus Russell Smith
(American painter, 1839–1929)
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.4 cm)
frame: 19 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (50.2 x 45.1 cm)
frame: 19 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (50.2 x 45.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of George S. Cappelle, Jr., 1966
Object number1966-28
On View
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ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextSon of two artist parents, Russell Smith and Mary Priscilla Wilson Smith, Xanthus Russell Smith was best known as a marine painter in Philadelphia. This painting depicts Tacony Creek in Northeast Philadelphia.