Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Break in the Clouds
Date:
early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 3/4 × 35 7/8 inches (60.3 × 91.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, lower left: "M Powell"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2008.30.9
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
clouds | sea | beach | shore (landform) | men | sailors | admiral | sloops (sailing vessels) | rowboats | ships of the line | barges | warships | marine art | flags
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Seascapes - Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-05-28 - 2009-08-23)
Publications:
Christie's (UK), Christie's Sale Catalogue: Important Maritime Art : Wednesday, 31 October 2007, Christie's, 2007, lot 54, Sales Catalogues (YCBA)Eleanor Hughes, Seascapes : marine paintings and watercolors from the U Collection [wall labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2009, p. [13], V 2165 (YCBA)