An American School oil painting on board depicting a whaling scene after the original oil painting on canvas, All in a Days Work, Bark Gazelle, 1878 to 1880, by Charles Sidney Raleigh, American, 1830 to 1925. Unsigned. Charles Sidney Raleigh was a British maritime painter who started his life surrounded by the sea and ships. Born in Gloucester, England in 1831, Raleigh left home at the age of ten to become a sailor and sea merchant. After thirty years of living at sea, he returned to marry in 1870 and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts where he became a house painter and decorator to supplement his paintings. He relocated in 1881 to Bourne, Massachusetts to continue with his domestic decorating but also began painting carriages and church interiors. American Fine Art, Seascape Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.