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Yachting in Baltimore Harbor

Description

Oil on canvas landscape painting of "Yachting in Baltimore Harbor", ca. 1865, by James Edward Buttersworth. This scene depicts three large, American sailing yachts in the foreground. At left is Lazaretto Point in Baltimore Harbor, which is directly opposite of Fort McHenry. The white lighthouse depicted was built in 1831 and several industrial buildings were added in the decades that followed. At right, and in the distance, is Fort Carroll, which was built in 1848 in the middle of the Patapsco River. Buttersworth (1817-1894) was one of the most famous maritime artists of the nineteenth century. He was an English painter who spent most of his life in England and New York.

Date

circa 1865

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

14.25 x 22.25 inches

Object ID

1993.11.1

Accession Number

1993.11

Resource ID

4269

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.