Art, literature & history
Connecticut Sea Captain's Wife
1833
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- overall: 76.2 x 62.6 cm (30 x 24 5/8 in.) framed: 95.2 x 80.3 x 7.6 cm (37 1/2 x 31 5/8 x 3 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1965.15.5
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Isaac Sheffield. Connecticut Sea Captain's Wife. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Connecticut Sea Captain's Wife — Isaac Sheffield. 1833.
Medium: oil on wood.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 76.2 x 62.6 cm (30 x 24 5/8 in.) framed: 95.2 x 80.3 x 7.6 cm (37 1/2 x 31 5/8 x 3 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1965.15.5. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.