Whaling Ship "Maria"
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions17 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (45.4 x 50.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 21 x 23 1/2 in. (53.3 x 59.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 21 x 23 1/2 in. (53.3 x 59.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.25
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 210
Label TextWhaling Ship "Maria," ca. 1850 American Oil on canvas Whaling was a major industry and a dangerous business in nineteenth-century America. This painting captures the high stakes nature of the work of whalers who often spent months at sea and engaged in close combat with the massive animals. American ships sailed the globe hunting whales for their blubber which fueled whale-oil lamps commonly found in homes. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.25 Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "American Treasures at the Willoughby-Baylor House," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 2 - December 1, 2013.
