Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Spotted

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
Spotted At
Museum · Cleveland Museum of Art

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

More by Sanford Robinson Gifford

Sketchbook, page 05: "Bethel ME Aug 19th"

Sketchbook, page 05: "Bethel ME Aug 19th"

1859

Sketchbook, page 14: "Berlin Falls September 2nd"

Sketchbook, page 14: "Berlin Falls September 2nd"

1859

Sketchbook, page 39: Maine Landscape Vignittes

Sketchbook, page 39: Maine Landscape Vignittes

1859

Request access to see more

Spotted works by Sanford Robinson Gifford

✦

Cleveland Museum of Art

23 spotted

About this work

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
Year
1868
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Modern, Unique Work, Painting, Oil on Canvas

More works by Sanford Robinson Gifford

Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art