Coal Pockets at New Bedford

1879

Robert Swain Gifford

Associated Names
Robert Swain Gifford

Artist, American, 1840 - 1905

American Art Review

Publisher

The image features a riverside scene depicted from a ground-level point of view. The horizon is low, showing distant buildings to the left. The style is etching with fine lines and cross-hatching for texture and shading. At the front, there is a sandy shore with logs and a block leading to a docked boat beside a wooden structure. This structure has vertical elements and is central. In the water, a rowing boat with a figure is visible. The color palette is black and gray, creating a somber atmosphere. The background shows a cloudy sky and birds etched with delicate lines.

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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. 10 (August 1880): p. 417.

2002

  • Wright, David G. R. Swain Gifford: A Catalogue of Etchings, 1865-1891. Massachusetts: New Bedford Whaling Museum, 2002, pp. 69-70, no. 21.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: R. Swain Gifford / -79

Wikidata ID

Q77011832

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