Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Title:
Shipping in a Choppy Sea
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
55 x 45 1/2 inches (139.7 x 115.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "Scott 17[?]3"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.561
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
marine art | sloop (sailing vessel) | full-rigged ships | ships | sea | fleet | water | wind | clouds | waves (natural events)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1042