Object numberX.35
The Voyage of Life--Manhood
Date1855
Artist
James Smillie
(American, 1807-1885)
after
Thomas Cole
(American, 1801-1848)
CultureAmerican
DimensionsImage: 15 5/16 x 22 7/8 in. (38.89 x 58.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (49.21 x 65.09 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (49.21 x 65.09 cm)
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (in plate, LL): PAINTED BY THOMAS COLE; (LR): ENGRAVED BY JAMES SMILLIE; (LC): THE VOYAGE OF LIFE--YOUTH; (LC): . . . possession of Revd Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York. / "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by James Smillie in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York."; (LL): "Though darkening rains, and threatening storms, ./ The shattered bark doth ride / O save the Voyager from the wreck, / Of sin's devouring tide. "; (LR): "When by the dreadful tempest borne, / High on the broken wave, / We know, Thou art not slow to hear, / Nor impotent to save. / Printed by H. Peters; (LL): PROOF
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