The Voyage of Life

Artist SMILLIE, James, 1807-1885

Date1855

Mediumengraving

Dimensions15 7/8 in x 23 1/16 in

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineAnonymous Donor

Object number1956.45.2

DescriptionAfter Thos. Cole. At the bottom right, a standing figure with long white robes, halo, and wings has right arm extended; a boat with large figurehead points to the left, with a standing youthful figure with one hand on the tiller and his right raised to the left; a ide stream divides the page horizontally; on the banks are large trees, some tropical, with flowers and rocks; mountain cliffs in the center foreground; a broad valley in left background behind the cliffs to the right; in the clear sky above, a somed and columned edifice in a circle of lighter shade; inscriptions identical to "Childhood." Printed by J.H. Daniels

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