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Gold Rush Voyage, 16

c. 1850

Maine Maritime Museum

Maine Maritime Museum
Bath, United States

#16 of 17: Gold Rush voyage from Portland, ME to the west coast. This image in the series depicts the California coast. Water makes up the foreground, while on the left a miner stands working in a stream. In the center two figures in red shirts are in a gold field emporium. At right are three miners working. This is part of a group of 17 watercolor sketches depicting a voyage from a recognizable Portland, Maine, around Cape Horn to the California gold fields.

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  • Title: Gold Rush Voyage, 16
  • Date Created: c. 1850
  • Physical Dimensions: 19.5" h x26.5" w
  • Type: Painting
  • Medium: Watercolor on paper
  • Art Genre: Maritime genre
  • Art Form: Painting
  • Support: paper
Maine Maritime Museum

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