Object photography
On View Nancy and George Putnam Gallery, level 1
Object description
- Charles Sydney Raleigh (American, 1830-1925)
- Ship Eliza Adams, mid-19th century
- Oil on canvas
- United States
- image H: 33 1/2 in, image W: 43 1/2 in (image H: 85.1 cm, image W: 110.5 cm)
- Museum purchase, 1907
- M941
INSCRIPTION
signed lower left corner of painting "C.S. Raleigh"
DESCRIPTION
This is a painting showing the whaling ship ELIZA ADAMS cutting in a whale. The ELIZA ADAMS flies the American flag. Sailors pull a harpooned whale carcass aboard as seagulls hover above. There is another ship in the left background.