The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby
Sea and Coast, 1840
- Artist
- Sea and Coast
- Date
- 1840
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- watercolor over traces of graphite with scratching out
- Dimensions
- 63.7 × 91.9 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Licence
- Public domain, CC0
Image description
The image depicts a maritime scene with several ships sailing on a vast ocean expanse. The horizon is above the midpoint, and the waves are shown with swirling brushstrokes. The color palette consists of greys and blues, with hints of white in the waves. Seagulls are seen in the sky.