James Walter Folger (Massachusetts 1851-1918) Watercolor on Paper “Old Fish House, Sconset”, titled lower right Sconset, 1878 signed lower right J.W. Folger, 1917. This watercolor is very similar to one in the Nantucket Historical Association’s collection. Folger, an artisan from Nantucket was mainly self-taught. He worked briefly in 1869 as a journeyman for a wood carver in Cambridge Massachusetts and continued to create carved animal heads, ornamental carvings and historical dioramas upon his return to Nantucket. Folger was also a painter in oil and watercolors, creating historical scenes of Nantucket.
4 ¾ in. x 11 in.
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