Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Wreck
Harrington Fitzgerald, born Philadelphia, PA 1847-died Williamstown, PA 1930 · 1901
The Wreck shows a lifeboat pulling away from a sinking ship, with a storm approaching from the left. Although steamships in the nineteenth century made sea travel more predictable, the sheer power and vastness of the ocean remained a source of fascination for many artists. This piece evokes adventure and danger as the men struggle to escape the doomed ship.
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