Sanford Robinson Gifford
American, 1823–1880
Haverstraw Bay, 1868
Oil on canvas
24.2 × 50.8 cm (9 ½ × 20 in.)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
Located about 40 miles north of New York City, Haverstraw Bay is the widest point on the Hudson River. During the 1860s, it was a prime area for shad fishing, and Gifford’s painting records this activity taking place amid a delicately luminous morning haze.
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