Boston Harbor.

Blunt employs a restrained palette of blues, grays, and warm ochres to model depth, while delicate transitions in the sky create atmospheric perspective. The handling of light and shadow—particularly the pronounced chiaroscuro on the vessels—adds dimensionality and a quiet drama, aligning the piece with early American approaches that anticipate later Impressionist sensibilities.

Created shortly before the rise of the Hudson River School, *Boston Harbor* stands among Blint’s early marine works that predate that movement by nearly a decade. The painting entered the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s collection, where it remains on display as part of the institution’s representation of early 19th‑century American seascapes.