Media

Unknown artist, Marine Scene

Under a heavy olive-green sky, a tall sailing schooner leans into the wind while a white steamship and a small red-cabined tug push through churning green waves, black smoke trailing from their stacks. Far off on a rocky point, a lighthouse stands watch.
Title
Unknown artist, Marine Scene
Description
Unknown artist, Marine Scene, 1840. Oil on canvas. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo, 1974.23. Included in Five Tables of Art & Climate Change, BAMPFA, 2023.
Creator
Unknown artist
Rights
BAMPFA collection; gift of Bliss Carnochan and Nancy Edebo, 1974.23

Part of Five Tables of Art & Climate Change