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1800-1820
GUSN-11305
One of two. A small rectangular format print of marine subjects; labeled below the image in large letters, A STORM. In turn, under this in small letters is another inscription. The scene depicts a wind-swept sky, a stormy green sea tossing a large clipper ship with a union jack side to the left. On the shore to the right, is a fort in the middle and a lighthouse in the immediate foreground with three figures, a woman watching out at the sea, and two wind-blown men, one gesturing at the listing ship. Several other figurines watch from the lighthouse's balcony railing at its base. Blue hills rise in the distance. It is glazed and framed in a simple brown frame.
marines (visual works)
prints (visual works)
hand coloring
ink
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
wood (plant material)
clipper ships
forts
lighthouses
seascapes
Ink
Watercolor
Unidentified Paper
Hand Colored
Seascape
Ship
Fort
Lighthouse
Print
Under the image in large letters is the title: A STORM . Under that in small letters is: London. J.Fuirburn 110 [?]ories (possibly Minories) [address obscured by debris]. Also in the lower left corner is a number: 2 .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Possibly Fuirburn, J. (Maker)
London, England
7 1/2 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1652.2
Title Print Accession Number 1991.1652.1
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