Study for center panel, "Madonna of the Ship" World War II portable altarpiece, for USS Nashville

[panel top in graphite]: The sea is his and he made it; [panel bottom in graphite]: And his hands prepared the dry lands; [lower left in graphite]: (Study for line composition); [lower center in graphite]: "Madonna of the Ship;" [lower right in graphite]: Violet Oakley, Philadelphia; [verso in ink]: Please return to / Violet Oakley / St. George's Road, West of McCallum Street / Philadelphia, 19; [in red ink]: stamped signature / stamped monogram initials
The inscriptions at top and bottom are taken from Psalm 95:5.