Detail View: Wetmore Print Collection: The Shipwreck
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Filename:
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FW-0266.jpg
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Creator:
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GELLEE, Claude (Lorrain)
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Creation Date:
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1600-1699
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Primary Creation Century:
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17th Century
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Title:
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The Shipwreck
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Alternate Title:
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Le Naufrage
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Object Type:
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print
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Medium:
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etching
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Donor:
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Fannie Wetmore, 1928; Donated 1928, purchased from F. Meder (Manhattan “Dealer in Old and Rare Prints”) in 1907 as a collection with 12 other Gellee prints of which this probably was 1, documented by receipt in our Wetmore archives
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Dimensions:
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12.7 height x 17.78 width 12.8 x 18 cm (image) 13 x 18.3
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Descriptive Notes:
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(Possibly one of his "seaport" prints?)
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Comments:
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seascapes, men, vessels, sailors, ships, shipwrecks, oceans, storms, seas, disasters, boats, lifeboats, ruins, castles & palaces
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Box Number:
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Box15 print 16
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