Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611–1693, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1672)
Title:
Sketch of a Man-O-War firing Guns
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 3/16 inches (22.5 × 15.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "[...]"; upper right: "[...]"; center: "7-51"; lower right: "A.17390"; in pen and black ink, lower right: "2.4.6. | [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5605
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
man-of-war | ship | guns | marine art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
Publications:
Eleanor Hughes, Spreading Canvas : Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, p. 145, cat. 8, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)