# Life Saving Patrol, in Blue Hour

Edward Moran painted this in about 1893, aged 64. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> Many of Edward Moran’s paintings show powerful scenes of shipwrecks and storms that emphasize the struggle between man and nature. In Life Saving Patrol, however, the sea and the sky appear relatively calm.

_Text from the Smithsonian American Art Museum._

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1893
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 36 1/8 x 54 1/2 in. (91.6 x 138.4 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1925.12.3
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Edward Moran](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edward-moran), born Bolton, England 1829-died New York City 1901

2 works in the collection.

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