The Sea Serpent

1880

Stephen Alonzo Schoff, after Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Stephen Alonzo Schoff

Artist, American, 1818 - 1905

Elihu Vedder

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1923

The image depicts a landscape with sandy dunes stretching towards the horizon, a low horizon line, an expansive sky with horizontal lines for texture, sparse vegetation and sandy surfaces, a winding pathway, and a monochrome color palette emphasizing contrast and depth through line density.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1881; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1880

  • Koehler, S.R., ed. The American Art Review 1, no. 8 (June 1880): p. 325.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Elihu Vedder / 1864; lower right in plate: S. A. Schoff

Wikidata ID

Q77012609

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