Couple in American historic costume in landscape with ship on water in background

Couple in American historic costume in landscape with ship on water in background
Couple in American historic costume in landscape with ship on water in background

Couple in American historic costume in landscape with ship on water in background

Date1898
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Old Captain," by Myles Hemenway, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1898
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions7 3/4 x 12 in. (19.7 x 30.5 cm)
frame: 8 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (22.2 x 33.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. A. R. Holladay, 1962
Object number1962-29
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this scene, a sailor persuades a young woman to marry him despite her family’s opposition.