Ships in a Rough Sea

William Birch McMurtrie (American, 1816–1872)

1836–72

Medium/Technique Watercolor on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 24.3 x 31.7 cm (9 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number59.161

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (1962) cat. 534

DescriptionSteamboat center, two-masters left and right, mountainous coast behind. Stormy sky.

Marks Annotated on verso in pen and ink: Property / of / Theo McMurtrie; in center of verso in graphite: 913

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA February 12, 1959