A Visual Feast!

A Visual Feast!

“Twilight of American Impressionism: Alice Ruggles Sohier & Frederick A. Bosley”

Opening to the public on April 2 is our long-awaited exhibition on two unsung artists of the Boston School of painting. Alice Ruggles Sohier and Frederick A. Bosley were talented students of Edmund Tarbell (Bosley even took over Tarbell’s job after his retirement). While exceptional artists, these two painters faded into relative obscurity because their representational style was seen as passé with the advent of modernism. With the benefit of hindsight, we can now appreciate their talents fully, acknowledging that, while they may have been painting at the end of an era, great art is truly timeless.

Alice Ruggles Sohier, Portfolio, 1924. Oil on canvas; 30¼ x 25¼ in. Private collection.

Alice Ruggles Sohier, Spruce in Snow, ca. 1912. Oil on canvas; 8 x 10 in. Private collection.
Frederick A. Bosley, The Gold Screen (or Lady in Black), 1924. Oil on canvas; 40¼ x 34¼ in. Private collection.
Frederick A. Bosley, The Red Tree, 1927. Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in., framed. Private collection.

Thank you to the lenders and donors who made this exhibition possible

Martha Fuller Clark and Geoffrey E. Clark • Pauline C. Metcalf / The Felicia Fund, Inc.
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William & Arlene Brewster • Joseph MacDonald Family
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
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Anthony Moore Painting Conservation • Jameson & Priscilla French
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Piscataqua Savings Bank • Cambridge Trust


Opening April 1st

The Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center will open to the public for the season on Thursday, April 1 at 10 am.

Please note that our Exhibitions will open the following day, Friday, April 2


March is Women’s History Month!

elebrate Women’s History Month with some inspirational women!

Featured this week is the late, great Ruth Bader Ginsburg! Available at our online shop:

Pocket RBG Wisdom

In My Own Words

and even a fun finger puppet, complete with collar!


History. Arts. Culture.


Closed for the Season

Closed for the Season

Portsmouth Historical Society and the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center are now closed for the winter. See you in April, 2021!

Our staff is still working, but mostly from home. If you need to get in touch, stop by, or get assistance with something, please get in touch by phone (603.436.8433) or email! Our staff list can be found here.

We’re Re-Opening!

We’re Re-Opening!

The Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center and the John Paul Jones Historic House Museum will be open limited days and hours beginning on

July 10, 2020

Friday through Monday
11:00 am–4:00 pm

The Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center will be open to greet visitors and provide access to our new, universally accessible public restrooms! 

Historical Walking Tours to resume!

The John Paul Jones House will be open for specially guided tours!

For this phased reopening, we will be following the recommendations of public health officials and museum associations. We will have disposable masks and hand sanitizer available for all guests, and we are working to have the safest, cleanest, and most touch-free environment as possible!

More links and details will be posted here as we have them.

We look forward to seeing you!

Anne Marie Neal is ready!

So is George Badger!