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Accession #	48.197
Artist	William Stanley Haseltine
Title	After a Shower -- Nahant, Massachusetts
Date	ca. 1864
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	14 7/8 × 22 15/16 in. (37.8 × 58.3 cm) frame: 21 1/8 × 29 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (53.7 × 74 × 8.6 cm)
Signed	Signed lower left (initials in monogram): "W S H"
Credit Line	Gift of Helen H. Plowden
Location	Visible Storage: Case 23, Screen B (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks: In the 1860s Haseltine established his reputation with coastal scenes noted for their topographical accuracy. This painting resulted from an 1864 sketching trip to Nahant, a narrow peninsula north of Boston and exclusive summer resort. Haseltine’s interest in this locale was fostered by his familiarity with the work of Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), America’s preeminent geologist of the period. According to Agassiz, Nahant’s rocky coastline bore evidence of the earth’s formation through volcanic and glacial activities.