Milton J. Burns
The Wreck of the Harpooner
1868-1899
Scroll
Milton J. Burns
The Wreck of the Harpooner
1868-1899
Physical Qualities
Opaque watercolor on paperboard, Sheet: 449 × 420 mm. (17 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Image: 336 × 368 mm. (13 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore
Object Number
2018.12
On November 10, 1816, the British transport ship "Harpooner" ran aground and sank near Cape Pine, Newfoundland. Opaque watercolor made as a model for a [unrealized?] wood engraving that illustrated this event?
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2018; Steven Scott, Baltimore, MD; Scott family
Inscribed: Recto: at lower left, in black ink: "Burns"; Verso: [unframe]
Markings: On back of frame, at upper left, stamped in black ink: "SMITH GALLERY / Sanford & Patricia Smith / 1045 Madison Ave. / New York 10021 / 1(212) 744-6171"; at upper right, stamped in black ink: "MILTON J. BURNS / 1853-1933 / COLLECTION"; on label at center, written in blue ink: "M.J. Burns / size 15 x 15 / The Wreck of the Harpooner"; on label at lower center, written in black ink: ""An Ocean Graveyard" - / wreck of the "Harpooner" - / wonderful to relate, a soldier's / wife gave birth to a child / on the rock"
