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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Carving from an Unidentified Ship
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Carving from an Unidentified Ship

Object numberMO 1956.235
Name Painting
Artist
Dateca. 1930s
Mediumwatercolor on cardstock
Dimensionsoverall H 11 1/4 in x W 18 1/8 in (28.6 cm x 46 cm )
DescriptionAn original watercolor painting of a ship's carved stern piece. It shows a gilt eagle holding a shield in one claw and two draped U.S. flags in the other. The eagle also holds a blue ribbon in its beak. Handwritten in pencil on the reverse: Woodcarving Stern Piece / Peabody Museum / Irving I. Smith / Federal Art Project / Index of America.
Label TextThis watercolor was created for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Index of American Design by the Massachusetts Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. It depicts a stern piece from a ship built in Bath, Maine.
Additional Details
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943. Held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesArtifacts Relating to the New Deal (National Archives Identifier 750981)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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