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PaintingEntry/Object ID
LU96.2Description
Ocean Survivors, by Thomas Savage. Material: textile, glass, wood. Size: 21" W. x 29" H. (actual size of painting within frame). Description: pastels in water color showing people struggling in the ocean, people in life boats, a life boat descending from sinking ship; painting mounted in a narrow brown wooden frame; signed on front: "T. Savage, 1918, From London Sphere"; handwritten in pencil on reverse: "Mabel" (artist's granddaughter, Mabel Wilson Beach); "The Lusitania Sinking, Whole No. 257, by Thos. Savage, Janesville, Minn. 1918, $15".Context
1919 painting by Janesville artist: Thomas Savage who lived on the east side of Lake Elysian near Janesville, Minnesota. The artist sometimes replicated other artists' work crediting his source. This painting is privately owned.Cataloged By
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsCreate Date
April 13, 2005Update Date
November 21, 2024