Ship in Full Sail
1827
T. Davies
Painter, American, active 1827
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 68 x 92.3 cm (26 3/4 x 36 5/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1980.62.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Kingston, New York. (Joseph Coty, city unknown), by whom sold in 1959 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1984
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Gerald P. Carmen, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mission residence, Geneva, Switzerland, 1984-1989.
1989
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Morris B. Abram, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mission residence, Geneva, Switzerland, 1989-1993.
2001
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 2001-2005.
Bibliography
1991
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 291, color repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 156, repro.
Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 79-81, repro. 80.
Inscriptions
on reverse (no longer visible; photo in object file [1980.62.1] in NGA curatorial records): T. Davies Bangor / Facit Feb 1827.
Wikidata ID
Q20185595