United States / 1868
Haverstraw Bay
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Haverstraw Bay as painting (United States · 1868).
Commercial and recreational fishing for now endangered American shad is currently prohibited on the Hudson River.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880).
The museum's collection notes: 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.
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