They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships

c. 1936–1939

Eleanor Parke Custis

Artist, American, 1897 - 1983

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Alan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 34.7 × 27.4 cm (13 11/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2022.150.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

“Property of a Gentleman”; (sale, The Potomack Company, Alexandria, VA, 3 May 2014, lot 247); David Alan Brown, Alexandria, VA; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, possibly by artist, lower center in black ink: "THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS"; bottom center: # 16 / Page 25; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite circled: 532; upper right: 42 3; center left: A30; center: 3 3/8"; center right: 9383-25 HT / 11 CP / Wed 3. 21 / '35; bottom right in pink pencil: II 23 [crossed out] / III 3 [circled]

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