Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art
Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art
Various Owners
James Evans
Ship Warren Hastings off the West Coast of Cuba in the Hurricane of 21 October 1846
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January 21, 05:31 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
Various Owners
James Evans
b.1900
Ship Warren Hastings off the West Coast of Cuba in the Hurricane of 21 October 1846
oil on canvas
October 21, 1846
Height 32 1/8 in. by Width 38 7/8 in.
The Old Print Shop, New York.
The Old Print Shop Portfolio, Vol. 14, No. 10, June-July, 1955, p. 240, no. 33.
The tempestuous waters and apocalyptic skies foreshadow the imminent demolition of the ship, Warren Hastings, off the West Coast of Cuba. The “Great Havana Hurricane” of 1846 struck western Cuba with the intensity of a category 5 hurricane, wrecking over 85 merchant vessels, destroying nearly every building in Havana, and causing over 200 deaths in its wake. The storm transformed into an extratropical cyclone as it traveled northward, wreaking havoc across the eastern United States seaboard.