Hope

Hope is an anonymous watercolor on ivory dated to 1810, depicting a ship, a tree, and a woman in an allegorical composition. The work is classified within The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is recorded under accession number 2006.235.101 and entered the collection in 2006. The dating derives from the museum's catalog entry, which lists 1810 as the year of execution. No temporary exhibition history is recorded in the available sources.

Hope is a miniature watercolor on ivory depicting a lone woman in a desolate landscape. The scene features a woman in white seated beneath a barren tree on a rocky outcrop, with a distressed ship visible in the background. This small-scale work, part of The American Wing, evokes a sense of isolation and uncertainty through its stark imagery and delicate medium.