This painting depicts a decorated white vase filled with morning glory flowers. The blooms range in color from pink and white to a deep bluish-purple. Wide green leaves surround the flowers, and green tendrils cascade over the side of the vase, which has two handles around a thin neck and a body decorated with white carvings of flowers and fruit. The vase sits on a dark, reflective surface with hints of gold marbling. The wall in the background is a light gray color.
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Vase of Morning Glories

painter Hannah Brown Skeele (American, 1829 - 1901)

n.d.

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 37.15 × 27.94 cm (14 5/8 × 11 in.) ; framed: 50.8 × 43.18 × 6.35 cm (20 × 17 × 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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