Woman with ship

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A linocut depicting a woman holding a ship in her hand. The woman appears in profile in the foreground, facing the right side of the print. She holds a ship with four sails in her raised hand. The sun is partially visible in the background, rising or setting behind a gently crested rise. Birds fly in an arc above the ship. The woman and the sun are depicted in white, outlined in black while the rest of the print is black, outlined in white. At the bottom right corner [JL Wells] was carved into the block used to make the print. There are no other marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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