Artwork Details
- Title
- Sailing Ship – off Coast of Maine
- Artist
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Dimensions
- 9 3⁄4 x 16 1⁄8 in. (24.8 x 41.0 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alice H. Rossin
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Architecture — boat — sailing ship
- Waterscape — sea
- Landscape — Maine
- Object Number
- 1982.1.33
Artwork Description
William E. Norton lived in Boston but spent a great deal of time painting on the coast of Maine. Maine Coast has broad brushstrokes and little detail, suggesting that Norton created it “on the spot” as a study for a more finished work such as Sailing Ship, which was probably painted back in his studio.