Painter:

Heade, Martin Johnson 1819-1904  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Shelburne Museum Shelburne Vermont 05482 Accession Number: 27.1.4-63

Date:

1863

Notes:

Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr., "The life and work of Martin Johnson Heade: a critical analysis and catalogue raisonne," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, no. 108.

"Paintings and Drawings at the Shelburne Museum," Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Museum, 1976.

Summary:

Hazy waterscape with waves rolling into the foreground, a bird flying in immediate foreground and one in the sky at right, a ship sinking right of center, and a sailing ship in the background.

Topic:

Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this

Waterscape--Coast  Search this

Waterscape--Boat  Search this

Waterscape--Time--Sunrise  Search this

Waterscape--Weather--Haze  Search this

Animal--Bird  Search this

Control number:

IAP 54000633

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_63217