# "BLUE DOG" Shark

- By: John Orne Johnson Frost (born Marblehead, MA 1852-died Marblehead, MA 1928)
- Date: ca. 1922-1928
- Medium: carved and painted wood with iron hooks
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 71 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (31.8 x 181.0 x 3.4 cm.)
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=8687)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/f117dc8e50099eb3ba6708cb4ecd7903.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

John Orne Johnson Frost created many sculptures of fish, birds, and ships inspired by his time spent at sea. He made “BLUE DOG” Shark from a section of wooden board, which he cut out and shaped to create the image of a fish. Frost hung sculptures like this from the rafters of his workshop to teach visitors about the different types of fish.