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Image Not Available for "The Much Lov'd Sea-Boy Sleeps", Folio no.18 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
"The Much Lov'd Sea-Boy Sleeps", Folio no.18 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Image Not Available for "The Much Lov'd Sea-Boy Sleeps", Folio no.18 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Artist/Maker (American, 1801 – 1846)

"The Much Lov'd Sea-Boy Sleeps", Folio no.18 in the John Ludlow Morton Album

1827
Brown ink and wash and graphite on paper, bound into album
8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.
Bequest of Emily Ellison Post
1944.371
This portrait is attributed to Henry Inman on stylistic grounds; the date is assigned on the basis of the design of the coat and because Inman at the time was executing similar small portraits.
DescriptionGenre
InscribedSigned and inscribed at right middle: "H. Inman 1827"; below at center: "'Far, far from home, on Peru's desert strand, / The much lov'd sea-boy sleeps; fancy still hears / His drowning death-shriek in the sea-bird's scream, / His funeral dirge in ocean's sullen roar!'"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Image Not Available for The Betrothed, Folio no. 2 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
The Betrothed, Folio no. 2 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Henry Inman
1826
1944.366
Image Not Available for Musicians Playing by a Lakeside European Villa, Folio no. 9 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Musicians Playing by a Lakeside European Villa, Folio no. 9 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1827
1944.374
Image Not Available for Mother Holding a Sleeping Baby, Folio no. 4 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Mother Holding a Sleeping Baby, Folio no. 4 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Edward Clark Potter
1826
1944.368
Warrior of the Last Judgment According to Byron, Folio no. 5 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Warrior of the Last Judgment According to Byron, Folio no. 5 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Charles Cromwell Ingham
1827
1944.369
Image Not Available for Sixteenth-Century Costume Piece of Man Teaching a Child to Dance, Folio no.17 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Sixteenth-Century Costume Piece of Man Teaching a Child to Dance, Folio no.17 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Robert Walter Weir
1830
1944.382
The Highwayman and the Woman, Folio 29 in the John Ludlow Morton Album; verso: figure of a woman wearing a hat
The Highwayman and the Woman, Folio 29 in the John Ludlow Morton Album; verso: figure of a woman wearing a hat
George Whiting Flagg
1836
1944.389
Image Not Available for Shipwrecked Mother and Child, Folio no.14 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Shipwrecked Mother and Child, Folio no.14 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Frederick S. Agate
1829
1944.379
Rural Scene: Man Riding a Horse and Two Men Fishing, Folio no.8 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Rural Scene: Man Riding a Horse and Two Men Fishing, Folio no.8 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Asher B. Durand
1827
1944.373
Image Not Available for Banquet Scene, Folio no. 30 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Banquet Scene, Folio no. 30 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
George Whiting Flagg
1836
1944.390
Woman and Child Reading, Folio 20 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Woman and Child Reading, Folio 20 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Thomas Sully
1831
1944.384
Image Not Available for Jester, Folio no. 30v in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Jester, Folio no. 30v in the John Ludlow Morton Album
George Whiting Flagg
1836
1944.391
Shipwreck Scene (Allegory of Fortune/Hope), Folio 11 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Shipwreck Scene (Allegory of Fortune/Hope), Folio 11 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Thomas Cole
1828
1944.376