Meg: This sounds like one of Winslow Homer's pieces, called The Gulf Stream. It's at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I can photocopy an image I have and fax it to you if you'd like. Chantel Y. Cummings Registrar The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens 829 Riverside Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32204 Ph: 904-356-6857 Fax: 904-353-4101 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web site: www.cummer.org -----Original Message----- From: Meg Ropp <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 10:52 AM Subject: identifying a painting >Dear Museum-L trivia buffs, >A friend of mine is trying to track down a painting she saw several years >ago and has been all over the Web trying to find references to it or even >the image itself. I'd like to ask 2 questions of the art-savvy folks on >this list. (1) Are there any sites on the Web where a person might get help >in searching for paintings with text descriptions or other fragmented >pieces of information? (2) Can anyone on this list identify this painting >from the following description? > >"I have in my mind a painting I saw years ago that always captivated me. It >depicts a man chained to a raft in the middle of the ocean. There are sharks >coming toward him, there's a big storm coming from behind, and a ship >(salvation) coming from another direction." > >Thanks! >Meg Ropp > >**************************************************** >Meg Ropp, Ph.D. >Postdoctoral Research Associate >College of Education >Michigan State University >130 Erickson Hall >East Lansing, MI 48824 >[log in to unmask] >http://www.educ.msu.edu/homepages/Ropp/ > >"The future is already here, it's just that it hasn't been evenly >distributed." - William Gibson >