Title

Signal of Distress, 1890. Creator: Winslow Homer.

Caption

Signal of Distress, 1890. In the foreground a group of sailors watch as fellow crew members prepare to board a lifeboat and reach safety. Their figures seem monumental as they confront a raging sea that is about to engulf a wrecked vessel.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A24_415

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44,7Mb (2,1Mb) / 16,5in x 10,5in / 4960 x 3147 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea people male activities man men historical sailing boat boats arts painting safety country climbing figure figures art guy ship ships museum geography activity color scene nautical depiction location century gallery wreck rescue boarding concept rescuer rescuers exhibition exhibit sailor art museum sailors art gallery oil Painting United States of America Colour Realism 19th century lifeboat water transport Museum of Art Realist nineteenth century culture American history historic America USA artistic movement geographical feature life boat Oil on canvas united states Winslow Homer Homer Winslow Oil on canvas art centre Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection art movement Heritage Art 19th-century Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum