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Artist/Maker
Carl Frederick Austen
(American, 1917 – 1999)
Date1949
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFrame: 32 1/4 × 41 1/2 × 2 in. (81.9 × 105.4 × 5.1 cm)
Canvas: 28 1/2 × 38 in. (72.4 × 96.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hugh Jamison, Class of 1941
Object numberU 6.16.2005
Not on view
DescriptionHarbor scene with a central two mast square rig ship (Brig?) with stone fortification structures on rocky cliffs on the viewer's right. Another ship, row boats, and people are depicted on the shore in the foreground. A mountain can be seen in the distance on the viewer's left, and the sun is low on the horizon suggesting sunrise or sunset.
Collections
Additional Details
Eve Sussman
Date: 2012
Medium: Stereoscope viewer with 33mm negatives
Object number: 2012.2.2
Eve Sussman
Date: 2012
Medium: Stereoscope viewer with 33mm negatives
Object number: 2012.2.1
Nirbhai (Nep) Singh Sidhu
Date: 2019
Medium: Chromed steel and cotton thread
Object number: 2025.11
General Frederick Maitland
Date: published August 20, 1793
Medium: Halftone engraving
Object number: 1971.52
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.127
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 3, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.26
Capt. F. E. Coleridge
Date: possibly 1850
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.4
Lorna Simpson
Date: 1995
Medium: Full color electrostatic heat transfer on wool felt
Object number: 1998.3.4
William John Huggins
Date: published January 1, 1825
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1959.141