A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (33.3 x 47.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.549
Gallery Label:
From 1793 John Thomas Serres served as Marine Painter to King George III and from 1800 as Marine Draftsman to the Admiralty. In that role he was required to sail with naval vessels to sketch the coasts of France, Spain, and the Mediterranean to help the navy in its effort to contain Napoleon’s imperial ambitions. This watercolor could well have been made following one of these journeys, since the hoy and lugger are typical of the kinds of cargo and fishing boats that sailed in the same waters Serres traversed.\n\n Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
