Savannah Dock Fire
Datec. 1934
Mediumwatercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 22 1/2 × 15 1/4 inches (57.2 × 38.7 cm)
MarkingsStamped on the bottom right in black: "ELIOT O'HARA / TRUST"
Credit LineGift of Eliot O'Hara Picture Trust care of Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida.
Object number2005.18
Copyright© Eliot O'Hara Trust.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextA prominent watercolorist, O’Hara’s painting was likely painted on the spot on River Street where he observed smoke clouds from a fire in progress at one of the river wharves. Large fires have broken out at the port at many times in the city’s history from tremendous blaze in the 1880s which swept across barrels of resin at the naval stores yard to a recent incident in which a warehouse of tires caught fire. This painting may depict the billowing smoke from a blaze that consumed a large shed held nitre, used in making fertilizer, at the Central Of Georgia Railroad docks in March of 1935. O’Hara, who taught winter art classes at Telfair in 1934 and 1935, won numerous awards for his work, and published eight books on watercolor technique over the course of a long career.Subject MatterSavannah, Georgia, United States of America
