Possibly Jonathan Sturges [1802-1874], New York, and Fairfield, Connecticut;[1] his son, Frederick Sturges [d. 1917], New York, and Fairfield, Connecticut; his son, Frederick Sturges, Jr. [1876-1977], New York, and Fairfield, Connecticut;[2] bequest 1978 to NGA. [1] According to letter of 18 January 1966 from Frederick Sturges, Jr., and letters of 27 August and 7 December 1981 from Frederick Sturges III (in NGA curatorial files) family tradition held that paintings in the Sturges collection were originally purchased by Jonathan Sturges. In this instance and four others (Kensett, _Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor_ [1953.1.1]; Casilear, _View on Lake George_ [1978.6.1]; and Durand, _Forest in the Morning Light_ and _Pastoral Scene_ [1978.6.2 and 1978.6.3]) no certain evidence establishes ownership by Jonathan Sturges (see _The Bashful Cousin_ [1978.6.4] by Edmonds for more on Jonathan Sturges as a collector). No works by Kensett are mentioned in the discussions of the Jonathan Sturges collection in "Our Private Collections, No. II," _The Crayon_ 3, February 1856: 57 58; Thomas S. Cummings, _Historic Annals of the National Academy of Design (1825-1863)_, Philadelphia, 1865: 141 (reprint, New York, 1965); or Henry T. Tuckerman, _Book of the Artists_, New York, 1867: 627 (reprint, New York, 1967). [2] Frederick Sturges, Jr., died 14 October 1977 (letter of 27 January 1982 from Frederick Sturges III, in NGA curatorial files). _Beach at Beverly_ came to the National Gallery as a bequest with four other paintings.