Scheveningen, Holland

This painting, "Scheveningen, Holland," is attributed to James Landrum Webb, an artist whose life and career, according to available sources, were primarily dedicated to law and politics in North Carolina. Born in 1854, Webb was a prominent jurist, a state senator, and even served as Mayor of Shelby. His public life included a significant role in the Democratic party and the creation of the influential "Shelby Dynasty." The provided records from major art institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago and the Met Museum do not list any artworks by an artist named James Landrum Webb working in painting, especially not a landscape from a European location. The works attributed to a James Webb in these collections are primarily photographs, lithographs, or glassworks by different artists, or works with much later dates, making it highly unlikely that this "Scheveningen, Holland" painting is by the same James Landrum Webb, the American politician. It is possible this is an attribution to a different artist with the same name, or a misattribution. Without further information, it is difficult to place this painting within the documented career of the James Landrum Webb known from historical records.