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Item Number: 124929
Title: The Coast & the Sea : Marine and Maritime Art in America: At the New-York Historical Society
Author: Ferber, Linda S
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781907804311
Description: London: Giles, in association with the New-York Historical Society, 2013. 23cm., hardcover, 104pp., 60 color illus. Exhibition catalogue. Summary: The Coast and the Sea is an appealing and colourful volume which presents over 50 of the best American marine paintings and artifacts from the New-York Historical Society’s impressive maritime art collection. The works range in date from 1750 to 1940, by eminent marine artists like Thomas Birch, John Frederick Kensett and Charlton T. Chapman. Highlights include large format canvasses of famous sea battles, ships at work, and portraits of heroic sea captains and pioneering merchants, like the aptly named Preserved Fish of New York. There are also maritime themed objects such as an engraved whale’s tooth from the late 19th century, an octant from 1840, and a silver presentation urn commemorating acts of bravery from the War of 1812.
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