Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777, French, active in Britain

after Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British

Published by John Bowles, 1701–1779, British
Title:
Moonlight
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, upper left: "12"; lower left: "P. Monamy pinx. | Moon Light. | From a Painting in the Collection of Alexander Stuart Esqr."; lower center: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 21 Febry 1745-6 | Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill."; lower right: "Canot Sculp. | Clair de Lune."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11971
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
evening | moonlight | labor | moon | rowing | working | flags | marine art | genre subject | men-of-war | rowboats | cityscape | sails | oars | baskets | ships | boats | galleons | sailboats | coats | trousers | hats | boots | gesture | night | men | seamen | workers | poles | shore (landform) | coast | buildings | bridge (built work) | masts | sea | city | nets (objects) | arch
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, pp. 168, 169, cat. 33, no. 33, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31758