"The Gam"

Date8/1926

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions36 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (92.1 × 79.4 cm)

Donor credit lineODHS Purchase

Object number1981.21

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionIn this painting of "The Gam" there are two ships meeting at sea. At the right, the bark SUNBEAM is seen from the port quarter "hove to" and lowering a boat to gam with the ship JAMES ARNOLD, seen "hove to" on the port tack, in the left background. There is a rolling deep blue ocean and blue sky with pink-white fleecy clouds.ProvenanceOriginally purchased from the artist by Alexander G. Grant for $800. It was inherited by his son, Christopher Grant, from whom it was purchased.
Exhibited in the Show: "Whalers, Wharves, and Waterways" at the NB Whaling Museum (May 18 - July 9, 1973) and Brandywine River Museum (August 4 - Sptember 16, 1973).

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