Point of Pittsburgh
Object number86.1.252
Artist
William Coventry Wall
(1810 - 1886)
Date1845
MediumOil on canvas
Credit LineGift of Emma Zug
DescriptionOil painting. Depiction of Pittsburgh at the point. Several boats are docked along the shore and one is moving to the left of the picture. There is a man standing along the shore fishing.Dimensions22.5 x 33.6249 x 2.438 in. (57.2 x 85.4 x 6.2 cm)Historical NotesEmma Zug to Historial Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1953Label TextWall’s painting captures a boat in full steam heading down the Ohio. If you look up the Monongahela River to the right, you see dozens of boats lined up along the wharf, teeming with people and activity, as they visit warehouses to stock up on goods for life in the west.
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