Lemuel D. Eldred (1848-1921) American, "Harbor Inlet" Oil on Board. Shows a distant harbor village at daybreak from a cove shore, with a rowboat in the foreground headed for it. Signed bottom right. Held in a simple gilt frame. A write up about a piece of work by the artist is attached to the back with a scribbled message on it, and an affixed tag written in the same hand but with blue ink gives the attribution (misspelling the first name), the title, the size, and states that it was "sold 3 Nov '88" for $10,000. 

Overall Size: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. 

Sight Size: 5 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. 

Lemuel D. Eldred (1848-1921) was an American marine and landscape painter born and raised in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where his early exposure to the local waterfront and his father’s boatbuilding work deeply influenced his artistic focus. After apprenticing with Hudson River School artist William Bradford and briefly studying at the Académie Julian in Paris, he established a studio in Boston and specialized in detailed coastal scenes of New England. His notable works captured maritime subjects, harbors, and regional landscapes, with his paintings later preserved in prominent institutions such as the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum.

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