Noble was struck by the appearance of the Statue of Liberty from the back.  In this study he sketched and made notes about it, and the surrounding landscape, from the perspective of the old Lehigh Railroad docks at Black Tom, New Jersey. Pencil

Noble was struck by the appearance of the Statue of Liberty from the back.  In this study he sketched and made notes about it, and the surrounding landscape, from the perspective of the old Lehigh Railroad docks at Black Tom, New Jersey.
Pencil on paper, 9” x 12”

Sloop, tug, and schooner Pen and ink on paper, 7 ½” x 7 ½” 

Sloop, tug, and schooner
Pen and ink on paper, 7 ½” x 7 ½” 

The four-masted schooner Herbert L. Rawding, built in 1919 in Stockton Springs, Maine between stacks of cargo in around 1935. Charcoal on paper, 11” x 17”

The four-masted schooner Herbert L. Rawding, built in 1919 in Stockton Springs, Maine between stacks of cargo in around 1935. Charcoal on paper, 11” x 17”

An A-frame derrick barge and the five-masted wooden barkentine City of Austin, built in Orange, Texas in 1918, were common elements of the Port Johnston landscape. Pencil on paper, 9 ½” x 14 ¼”

An A-frame derrick barge and the five-masted wooden barkentine City of Austin, built in Orange, Texas in 1918, were common elements of the Port Johnston landscape.
Pencil on paper, 9 ½” x 14 ¼”

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Noble was struck by the appearance of the Statue of Liberty from the back.  In this study he sketched and made notes about it, and the surrounding landscape, from the perspective of the old Lehigh Railroad docks at Black Tom, New Jersey. Pencil
Sloop, tug, and schooner Pen and ink on paper, 7 ½” x 7 ½” 
The four-masted schooner Herbert L. Rawding, built in 1919 in Stockton Springs, Maine between stacks of cargo in around 1935. Charcoal on paper, 11” x 17”
An A-frame derrick barge and the five-masted wooden barkentine City of Austin, built in Orange, Texas in 1918, were common elements of the Port Johnston landscape. Pencil on paper, 9 ½” x 14 ¼”