On Board of the Stony Brook Packet

1848

William Sidney Mount

Associated Names
William Sidney Mount

Artist, American, 1807 - 1868

The image depicts a serene scene with sailboats on a calm body of water. The perspective is low, showing a horizon with sailboats spread across it. The sketch is delicate with finely penciled lines. The color palette is muted, mainly light beige and gray. The water closest to us has a subtle texture with faint ripples. In the distance, sailboats suggest a distant shore or harbor. Handwritten notes on the lower edge add authenticity to the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.6 × 23 cm (5 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.89

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 40.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: on board of the Stony Brook Packet Oct. 30-1848 / Charles Elliott-S.A. Mount-Wm. S. Mount; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #7 (?); center right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 546 (?)

Wikidata ID

Q64639410

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