| Date: | undated, probably between 1876 and 1880 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | not reported |
| Inscription: | l/l "FSchafer", fraktur hand, initials conjoined in a monogram |
| Verso: | "Evening near New Jersey.", fraktur hand |
| Provenance: | In private collection, northern California, by descent to private collection, western Oregon, in 2004. |
| Citations: | personal communication |
| Site: | The title word "Near" suggests that the site is actually in New York, perhaps on the Hackensack River. |
| Description: | PRECAT |
| Note: | The probable date range is based on the subject matter being an eastern U.S. scene, Schafer's assumed arrival year in the U.S. in 1876, his last known trip to the east coast in 1879, and the paucity of exhibited east coast scenes after 1880. |
| Identification: | Title from the verso inscription. |
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