Haverstraw Bay
1868
Sanford Robinson Gifford
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
American Painting and Sculpture
Haverstraw Bay, 1868. Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880). Oil on canvas; unframed: 24.2 x 50.8 cm (9 1/2 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos, Jr. 2011.43 Located about 40 miles north of New York City, Haverstraw Bay is the widest point on the Hudson River. During the 1860s, it was a prime area for shad fishing, and Gifford’s painting records this activity taking place amid a delicately luminous morning haze. Commercial and recreational fishing for now endangered American shad is currently prohibited on the Hudson River.
- Maker/Artist
- Gifford, Sanford Robinson
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 24.2 x 50.8 cm (9 1/2 x 20 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower left: S.R. Gifford
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 2011.43
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos, Jr.
- Exhibitions
- Stories From Storage
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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