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:
B1981.25.557
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
smoke | men | French | merchants | sea | ships | ships of the line | warships | men-of-war | sails | marine art | flags | battle | fire
Associated Places:
Cape of Good Hope | South Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christie's Sale Catalogue : Fine Paintings by Oil Masters . July 12, 1963, Christie's, 12 July 1963, p. 13, lot 37, Sales Catalogues (YCBA)

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:1038