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The Wreck
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe Wreck. 1901. Harrington Fitzgerald, born Philadelphia, PA 1847-died Williamstown, PA 1930. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist. CC0.
