U.S. Ship of the Line in a Gale

1847

Nathaniel Currier

Associated Names
Nathaniel Currier

Publisher, American, 1813 - 1888

The image shows a ship surrounded by tall waves under stormy skies. The ship is tilted and sails through rough waters with angled masts and sails. An American flag flies in the wind. The artwork uses fine lines and shading to depict the turbulent sea. The color scheme is mainly greys, blues, and whites, with a pop of red and blue from the flag.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.64 × 32.07 cm (8 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 31.75 × 42.86 cm (12 1/2 × 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.802

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reilly 1984, no. 6847

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Conningham, Frederic A. Currier and Ives Prints: An Illustrated Check List. New York: Crown Publishers, 1970, p. 274, no. 6332.

1984

  • Reilly, Bernard F., Jr. Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonné: A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Lithographs of Nathaniel Currier, James Merrit Ives and Charles Currier, including Ephemera Associated with the Firm, 1834-1907, volume 2. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1984, pp. 696, 700, no. 6847.

Inscriptions

Text at bottom of stone:
Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1847 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y. / 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce N.Y. / U.S. Ship of the Line in a Gale. / 557.

Wikidata ID

Q77011758

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