Hog Island. Ribs of a Beginning Ship
1918
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
image: 545 x 360 mm sheet: 568 x 383 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.3756
Art Historical Context
**Hog Island. Ribs of a Beginning Ship** (1918) is a striking lithograph by American artist Thornton Oakley, capturing the skeletal ribs of a massive ship under construction at the Hog Island shipyard in Philadelphia Measuring 545 x 360 mm (image) on a 568 x 383 mm sheet, print exemplifies Oakley's fascination with industrial might during World War I. As part of the Reba and Dave Williams Collection the National Gallery of ArtDepartment CG-W), it reflects the era's urgent push for maritime production. Hog Island was one of America's largest emergency shipyards, built in 1917 to bolster the Al...