Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Title:: British Men-of-War and a Sloop
Date:: between 1720 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 35 1/2 inches (71.1 x 90.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated lower left: "[?] Monamy 17[??]"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1976.7.57
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: Union Jack | marine art | seascape | flags | ocean | ships | boats | men-of-war | sloop (warship) | sailboats | rowboats | sea
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)
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
Publications:: Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 160-161, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Charles Harrison-Wallace, Peter Monamy, 1682-1749, marine artist : Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, 1983, cat. no. 27, NJ18 M756 H37 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:291