Painting, <I>Off for the Wreck</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1882
name: label: maker
content: Briscoe, Franklin D.
notes: label: Description
content: The painting shows a small rowing craft with seven men heading toward a wrecked sailing vessel in stormy seas. In the distance, buildings can be seen on the shore off to the right. The background may be near New York. Unlike more formal ship portraits, this painting does not depict a particular ship.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cigna Maritime Collection
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content: Transportation
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.018
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: painting, oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil on canvas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: without frame: 23 3/4 in x 41 3/4 in; 60.325 cm x 106.045 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 30 3/4 in x 48 3/4 in; 78.105 cm x 123.825 cm