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Haverstraw Bay
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About this work
Located about 40 miles north of New York City, Haverstraw Bay is the widest point on the Hudson River. During the 1860s, it was a prime area for shad fishing, and Gifford’s painting records this activity taking place amid a delicately luminous morning haze.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHaverstraw Bay, 1868. Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880). Oil on canvas; unframed: 24.2 x 50.8 cm (9 1/2 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr., 2011.43
