Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

Maine Coast on a Summer Afternoon
1878
By James C. Nicoll

This painting may have been purchased by Frederick Billings at a National Academy of Design sale in New York in May 1879; Julia titles it “Maine Coast near Portland” in her inventory. Such views of the rugged granite coastline of New England were popular with artists and patrons alike. The inclusion of a solitary, introspective figure under a parasol on the shore is typical of the subject and style.

James Craig Nicoll was an etcher and marine painter born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He became a member of the National Academy in 1885.

Oil, canvas. 60x100 cm
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, MABI 2817



Maine Coast on a Summer Afternoon 1878 By James C. Nicoll This painting may have been purchased by Frederick Billings at a National Academy of Design sale in New York in May 1879; Julia titles it “Maine Coast near Portland” in her inventory. Such views of the rugged granite coastline of New England were popular with artists and patrons alike. The inclusion of a solitary, introspective figure under a parasol on the shore is typical of the subject and style. James Craig Nicoll was an etcher and marine painter born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He became a member of the National Academy in 1885. Oil, canvas. 60x100 cm Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, MABI 2817
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