Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Title:
Action off the Cape of Good Hope
Date:
ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.556
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
flag | marine art | warships | ships of the line | ships | smoke | navy | men | merchants | French | sea | fire | battle
Associated Places:
Cape of Good Hope | South Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christie's Advertisement for Sale on July 12, 1963, Burlington Magazine, vol. 105,no.724, July 1963, p. xviii, Available Online (JSTOR) Available on JStor; BAC bound copy does not include supplementary section.

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 198-199, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Richard Kingzett, Catalogue of the Works of Samuel Scott, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 48, Walpole Society, Oxford, 1982, pp. 36-37, , N12 W35 A1 48+ (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1037