Shipwreck in Storm
William Hart
1801 to 1825
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash
Dimensions
sheet: 9.9 × 16.5 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
John Davis Hatch Collection
Accession Number
1984.7.47
About the Artist
William Hart · 1823–1894
William Hart (1823–1894), a Scottish-born American painter, embodied the pastoral spirit of the Hudson River School through his luminous landscapes and cattle scenes.) Born on March 31, 1823, in Paisley, Scotland, to James and Marion Robertson Hart, he immigrated to Albany, New York, with his family in 1831 at age eight. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, and sister, Julie Hart Beers, also ...