Jamie Wyeth completed this watercolor in August of 1973 in front of his home in Monhegan Island, Maine. It depicts the remains of the D.T. Sheridan shipwreck, which occurred on November 7, 1948 when a dense fog caused a diesel-propelled tug boat to crash into the shore. The D.T. Sheridan was in the process of transporting two barges of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to Bangor, Maine when the accident occurred. All crew members aboard the tug boat survived the incident, but the wreckage remains along the Maine coastline to this day. In the 1970s, when Wyeth executed this drawing, a large storm had recently caused the wreckage to shift an additional fifty years inland, making it a more prominent sight. The rusted remains have provided the inspiration for several of Wyeth’s works, and attracted the attention of a number of artists visiting the area.