A Fishing Party Off Long Island, 1860
Junius Brutus Stearnsexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
Gift of the Regis Collectionexpand_more 78.26
Not on Viewexpand_more
Fishing for shark off Long Island was and still is a popular sport. Here, seven men in two boats are attempting to haul in a shark they have caught. The red-shirted man in the stern holds a loop of rope at the ready in his right hand.
Vermont-born Junius Brutus Stearns gained status early in his professional career with a series on George Washington. In the following decades, he turned to genre painting, creating scenes of everyday life that included domestic settings, multigenerational family portraits, and fishing expeditions like this one.
Conservation of this frame was made possible by a generous contribution from Al and Dena Naylor through the Art Champions program.
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- Title
- A Fishing Party Off Long Island
- Artist Life
- 1810 - 1885
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- Accession Number
- 78.26
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