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Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Whaling Ship "Pacific"
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Whaling Ship "Pacific"

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumOil on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions19 1/2 x 24 in. (49.5 x 61 cm)
Overall, Frame: 23 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (60.6 x 70.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.28
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 115-2 - Wonderstudio
DescriptionThis is an oil on paper painting, mounted on canvas. It depicts a whaling ship, a smaller boat with men holding spears and whales. More whaling ships can be seen in the distance.

Label TextWhaling Ship Pacific, ca. 1850 American Oil on paper, mounted on canvas Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.28Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. (Exhib. cat. p. 69) Published ReferencesWalter P. Chrysler, Jr., Clifford W. Schaefer, and Dennis R. Anderson. THE GIFT OF AMERICAN NAIVE PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR WILLIAM AND BERNICE CHRYSLER GARBISCH: 48 MASTERPIECES. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum. 1975: p. 56, plate 36. Dennis R. Anderson. THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN ART IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum. 1976: p. 69.
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
ca. 1850
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late 18th or early 19th century
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Frederick Kemmelmeyer
ca. 1800
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jules Dupré
ca. 1870
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late 18th or early 19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Francesco Guardi
18th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Edward Moran
ca. 1880-90
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2011.
Georges Rouault
1905