Haverstraw Bay
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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. Commercial and recreational fishing for now endangered American shad is currently prohibited on the Hudson River.
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Details
- Maker
- Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 24.2 x 50.8 cm (9 1/2 x 20 in.)
- Place of origin
- United States
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
