Seascape
Medium
Watercolor and charcoal on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. (26.7 x 46.7 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Arthur M. Herschensohn, 1967
Accession Number
67.28.2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SeascapesShips
About the Artist
Walter Shirlaw · 1838–1909
Walter Shirlaw (1838–1909) was a Scottish-born American painter and illustrator whose career bridged the genteel tradition of academic figure painting and the emerging ambitions of American art in the Gilded Age. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Shirlaw emigrated to the United States as a child and received his early artistic training in America before traveling to Munich to study at the Royal Academy —...