A Fishing Party Off Long Island, 1860, Junius Brutus Stearns, American, 1810 - 1885, 37 x 54 1/2 in. ( x cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, United States, 19th century, Fishing for shark off Long Island was and still is a popular sport. Here, seven men in two boats are attempting to haul in a shark they have caught. The red-shirted man in the stern holds a loop of rope at the ready in his right hand

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