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Ship and shoreline in rough seas

Collection Type

  • Art

GUSN

GUSN-179830

Description

Print of ships and shore with rough seas in a gold painted wooden frame. Land with house and wooden pilings in right foreground. One prominent ship and several minor sail boats at left. Two prominent ships at right of center. White waves are crashing into the shore. Five birds in sky on left side. Wide wooden frame painted gold with an interior spiral trim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
ink
wood (plant material)
Print

Inscription

"R [illegible]" (handwritten)
"Library over mantle middle picture large" (handwritten)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P226

Maker

Reproduction of Van Ruisdael, Jacob, 1628-1682 (Artist)

Dimensions

29 3/16 x 37 13/16 x 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.649

Related Items

Title Stephen W. Phillips Accession Number 2006.44.892

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