Art, literature & history
Sails and a Vista
c. 1924
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- etching
- Collection no.
- 1925.611
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Orville Houghton Peets. Sails and a Vista. Orville Houghton Peets; The Cleveland Museum of Art; Gift of Ralph King. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Sails and a Vista — Orville Houghton Peets. c. 1924.
Medium: etching. Dimensions: .
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
This dramatically framed image captures the scale of marine vessels. Sharp masts direct the viewer’s gaze toward the ornate bow that looms over the top of the composition. A large sail obscures the right-hand side of the image, making the clear sky appear even brighter. Figures in the foreground appear miniscule next to the grand ships. Peets traveled around Europe extensively, making it difficult to identify this port. However, it is possible that his inspiration was Porto, Portugal, the location of many of his other engravings during this period.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.