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Sanford Robinson Gifford — Haverstraw Bay
Sanford Robinson Gifford

Haverstraw Bay

1868

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.

Medium
oil on canvas

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