The Wreck of the Atlantic – Cast Up by the Sea

Unidentified, Winslow Homer, The Wreck of the Atlantic--Cast Up by the Sea, 1873, wood engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1967.66.8
Unidentified, Winslow Homer, The Wreck of the Atlantic--Cast Up by the Sea, 1873, wood engraving, 9 1⁄4 x 14 in. (23.5 x 35.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1967.66.8
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Artwork Details

Title
The Wreck of the Atlantic – Cast Up by the Sea
Artists
Unidentified
Copy after Winslow Homer
Date
1873
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
9 1⁄4 x 14 in. (23.5 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums Description
wood engraving
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Architecture — boat — ocean liner
  • Landscape — rocks
  • Landscape — coast
  • Architecture — boat — Atlantic
  • Disaster — shipwreck
  • State of being — death
Object Number
1967.66.8
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1967.66.8

Works by this artist (2 items)

John Chamberlain, Installation Model for McNamara's Band, 1979, mixed media, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1979.159.40
Installation Model for McNamara’s Band
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Date1979
mixed media
Not on view
John Chamberlain, Untitled, from the portfolio The New York Collection for Stockholm, 1973, screenprint on plastic, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.112, © 1973, John Chamberlain
Untitled, from the portfolio The New York Collection for…
Artist
Date1973
screenprint on plastic
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