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The Wreck

Datec. 1855
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsFrame Size: 50 x 40 x 5 inches (127 x 101.6 x 12.7 cm)
120 inches (304.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edward Chandler Walker
Object numberz_07.14
ClassificationsPaintings
Curator NotesStormy seascape with ship foundering on rocks left foreground. Rocky shore rises steeply to large house upper right. White water beats against ship, rocks, and men jumping overboard. Several people run from house down to ship, aiding castaways. Dark, stormy sky overhead.
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  • Gallery Systems Demo - Formerly owned by tmsadmin
Text Entries
Oil on canvas
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 1, Gallery A
ProvenanceEdward C. Walker
Exhibitions
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Stormy seascape with ship foundering on rocks left foreground.  Rocky shore rises steeply to large house upper right.   White water beats against ship, rocks, and men jumping overboard.  Several people run from house down to ship, aiding castaways.  Dark, stormy sky overhead. 
Oil on canvas
Eugene Louis Gabriel Isabey captures the wildness of the Normandy coast during the often violent storms that battered the small villages.

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