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Waves surge up the sides of a masted ship illuminated by moonlight in this horizontal painting. The bow is angled to our right, and a wave breaks onto the deck as the ship tips away from us. Two of the frigate’s masts are broken close to the deck so nothing of the sails remain, and only the lowest sail near the ship’s bow remains beneath a partially broken mast. The bowsprit, which angles up and diagonally off the bow, is also fragmented. Men pull on rigging or stand the gunwale at the edge of the deck. Other waves heave like mountains across the painting in shades of slate and gunmetal blue. The horizon comes about halfway up the composition, and muted, dark blue clouds edged with cream white swirl like a vortex around the full moon, which is in the upper left quadrant of the painting.
Thomas Chambers, Storm-Tossed Frigate, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1969.11.1

Storm-Tossed Frigate

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1969.11.1

Stuart Davis, Abstract Composition, c. 1921 (dated 1927), watercolor over graphite on laid paper, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Mayer, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.5.1

Abstract Composition

Stuart Davis · c. 1921 (dated 1927) · watercolor over graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.5.1

A young man sets out in a golden boat on a river that winds from the bottom right corner of this horizontal painting across a lush landscape and into the distance before disappearing beyond two rocky outcroppings far off to our right. Hazy in the distance, the jagged peaks of a barren red mountain rise into an almost cloudless blue sky. To our left, a semi-transparent, white palace looms above and beyond the mountain, filling most of the upper left quadrant of the composition. Hills and valleys leading from the mountain and palace are dotted with trees and carpeted with grass. A winged and haloed angel wearing a white robe stands on the bank of the river under a towering palm tree in the foreground, in the bottom right corner of the canvas. The angel has pale skin and long golden hair. One hand is lifted toward the palace or a young man in a boat in the river nearby. The small boat is angled away from the riverbank to our left and toward the palace. The boat is ornately decorated and at its bow, a winged, golden figure holds an hourglass aloft above her head. The young man has pale skin, shoulder-length brown hair, and he wears a red and gold tunic. A profusion of flowers and trees line the riverbank.
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Youth, 1842, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.16.2

The Voyage of Life: Youth

Thomas Cole · 1842 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1971.16.2

Stanley William Hayter, Night and Day, 1951-1954, engraving in black, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.88

Night and Day

Stanley William Hayter · 1951-1954 · engraving in black ·  Accession ID  2012.92.88

A woman and two children wear nearly matching white dresses in this vertical portrait. All three have pale skin, and they look out at us. Their floor length, short-sleeved, scoop-necked dresses are made with what looks like light, tulle-like fabric gathered just below the bust. The woman sits to our left on a dark sofa. The back of the couch curves up over her shoulders and down to our right, and off the painting. The top edge of the sofa has nail-head trim, and the wall behind it is elephant gray. The woman’s curling brown hair is pulled back behind a white headband. She has gray eyes, and her pink lips are closed. She holds a sprig of strawberries with her right hand, which rests in her lap. Her left arm, on our right, wraps around the younger child, who stands on the sofa at the center of the composition. The child has blond hair and light brown eyes, and wears a delicate, coral bead necklace. To our right, the older child stands in front of the couch. Her black hair is brushed back from her face except for bangs sweeping across her forehead. She has dark brown eyes and wears a gold-colored necklace. The older girl holds a basket of strawberries with her left hand, and rests her other hand on the pointed end of a parasol, which is tucked behind her body to our left.
Joshua Johnson, Grace Allison McCurdy (Mrs. Hugh McCurdy) and Her Daughters, Mary Jane and Letitia Grace, c. 1806, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through the gifts of William Wilson Corcoran, Elizabeth Donner Norment, Francis Biddle, Erich Cohn, Hardinge Scholle and the William A. Clark Fund), 2014.136.146

Grace Allison McCurdy (Mrs. Hugh McCurdy) and Her Daughters, Mary Jane and Letitia Grace

Joshua Johnson · c. 1806 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.136.146

John Henry Hill, Trees Profiled against the Sky, c. 1865, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Mildred Gott Bryan and American Art Curator's Fund, 1982.3.1

Trees Profiled against the Sky

John Henry Hill · c. 1865 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1982.3.1

Gaston Lachaise, Nude with Robe, c. 1931-1935, graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Robert M. McLane), 2015.19.2613

Nude with Robe

Gaston Lachaise · c. 1931-1935 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2613

Eastman Johnson, Lambs, Nantucket, 1874, oil on board, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2012.89.3

Lambs, Nantucket

Eastman Johnson · 1874 · oil on board ·  Accession ID  2012.89.3

John Singleton Copley, Sketch for The Copley Family, 1776, oil on canvas, Gift of Richard T. York, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.141.1

Sketch for The Copley Family

John Singleton Copley · 1776 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1991.141.1

Samuel Colman, Mt. Baker and Mt. McKensie [recto], 1894, watercolor and graphite on laid paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Albert R. Miller, Jr.), 2015.19.2914.a

Mt. Baker and Mt. McKensie [recto]

Samuel Colman · 1894 · watercolor and graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2914.a