Haverstraw Bay
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)1868
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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Description
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.
Medium
oil on canvas
