Yale Center for British Art

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

after Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1672)

Published by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British
Title:
A Brisk Gale
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/8 × 21 1/8 inches (43.5 × 53.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on verso, lower right: "L5944 | £10"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14210
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
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. x, 151, 152, cat. 15, no. 15, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38857