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The image shows a harbor with sailboats docked alongside the water's edge. One boat is closer to us, with its mast cutting across the sky. The horizon aligns with the rooftops and buildings of the port town in the background. Detailed black lines and crosshatched marks depict the boats and buildings. The color scheme is monochromatic, using shades of black and gray on a cream base. Shadows and rigging lines add dynamism to the scene.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Boats at Peel—Isle of Man
Julian Alden Weir
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- etching in black on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to platemark): 24.45 × 19.69 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.19.599
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund, 1949)
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- American
- etching
- Boat
- boat
- Isle of Man
Provenance
(M. Knoedler & Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Inscription
lower right in plate [reversed]: J. Alden Weir 1889; lower right in graphite: J. Alden Weir; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 11779; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: x-275; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: M4748
NGA object ID 183388. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.