MONUMENTAL 19TH C. PAINTING OF A SHIPWRECK
American Sailing Ship Being Driven Ashore in Raging Seas, her crew desperately scaling the mast ladders to try to furl the tattered sails before foundering; oil on canvas, initialed lower left "EB" and dated '90. Housed in a modern gold cove beaded frame with linen liner, OS: 34 1/2' x 54 1/2', SS: 19 1/2" x 48 1/2", minor spots of flaking, light stretcher impressions.
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American Sailing Ship Being Driven Ashore in Raging Seas, her crew desperately scaling the mast ladders to try to furl the tattered sails before foundering; oil on canvas, initialed lower left "EB" and dated '90. Housed in a modern gold cove beaded frame with linen liner, OS: 34 1/2' x 54 1/2', SS: 19 1/2" x 48 1/2", minor spots of flaking, light stretcher impressions.
