Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Attributed to George Richmond, 1809–1896, British
Title:
Moonlight over the Sea, Broadstairs
Date:
1843
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 9/16 inches (16.2 × 24.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso, lower right: "9 1/2 x 6 1/2| 5 x 5 1/2| 14 1/2 x 11 3/4"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5113
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
clouds | moonlight | marine art | seascape | sea | oceans | night | iconography
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | England | Europe | Thanet, Isle of | Broadstairs
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 105, no. 198, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14624