The Voyage of Life – Youth

James Smillie, Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life--Youth, ca. 1853, engraving on paper mounted on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Alice Ingersoll Neagle, 1978.87.2
James Smillie, Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life--Youth, ca. 1853, engraving on paper mounted on paper, image: 15 1⁄4 x 22 7⁄8 in. (38.8 x 58.0 cm.); mount…, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Alice Ingersoll Neagle, 1978.87.2
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Artwork Details

Title
The Voyage of Life – Youth
Artists
Copy after Thomas Cole
Printer
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 15 1⁄4 x 22 7⁄8 in. (38.8 x 58.0 cm.); mount…
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Alice Ingersoll Neagle
Mediums Description
engraving on paper mounted on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — life — youth
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — tree — palm tree
  • Travel — water — boat
  • Religion — angel
Object Number
1978.87.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1978.87.2

Works by this artist (4 items)

James Surls, Black and White Tipped Flower, 1982, burnt white oak, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift in honor of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin from her friends, 1986.52
Black and White Tipped Flower
Artist
Date1982
burnt white oak
On view
James Surls, Sea Flower, drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1977.47.77
Sea Flower
Artist
drawing
Not on view
James Surls, Me, the Axe, and the Wand, 1982, pine, mahogany, oak, hickory and rattan, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Barbara and Donald Zale in honor of George and Julie Tobolowsky and James and Charmaine Surls, 2005.27A-D, © 1982, James Surls
Me, the Axe, and the Wand
Artist
Date1982
pine, mahogany, oak, hickory and rattan
Not on view
James Surls, Sea Flower, 1978, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1977.47.76
Sea Flower
Artist
Date1978
pencil on paper
Not on view

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