Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
John Berney Crome, 1794–1842, British
Title:
Sailing Boats and Barges on a Dutch(?) Estuary
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 × 48 inches (86.4 × 121.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.186
Gallery Label:
John Berney Crome was the son of John Crome, who cofounded the Norwich Society of Artists in 1803. As artists, both father and son were much influenced by seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painters, as well as J. M. W. Turner. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016