Haverstraw Bay
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 24.2 × 50.8 cm · framed: 36.2 × 62.9 × 6.7 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
Accession Number
2011.43
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.