Keywords: Boys Crabbing by William Tylee Ranney, 1855.jpg William Ranney - Boys Crabbing - Google Art Project jpg Artwork Creator William Tylee Ranney Boys Crabbing 1839 oil on canvas cm 61 1 51 White House Washington D C United States Notes from Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 <br> Boys Crabbing is a morning scene Ranney's delicate palette of light blues pink lemon yellow and mother or pearl in the sails forms the backdrop for the brown pier and the cohesive group of boys on it The boys are buttressed by the sails and given relief by the darker cloud mass that the sun has not yet dispersed Interlocking diagonals and triangles give a geometric structure to the painting Ranney modifies this angular structure with softly modeled forms and soft circular shapes a crab basket at the left; the dripping drooping net the round heads; the cloth-covered pan at the right The White House Historical Association PD-art Other versions http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 68 PD-old-100 William Tylee Ranney 1839 paintings Paintings in the White House Fishing in art Crab fishing |