Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
A Privateersman Ashore
Title
A Privateersman Ashore
Date
1893
Medium
Oil on Russell's canvas board
Dimensions
Overall: 18 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 1/16 in. ( 46.4 x 29.2 x 0.2 cm )
Description
Figure
Credit Line
Gift of George A. Zabriski
Object Number
1948.28
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right in gray oil: "H. Pyle."; verso inscribed in graphite: "A Privateer ashore. / Evolution of New York / Second Paper. / page 58[crossed out] / [illegible] / HWA / Jan 11/93 / Proof Feb 20/93"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
