Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Title:
Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany
Date:
ca. 1838
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid on panel
Dimensions:
9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (23.5 x 29.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.197
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
wood | water | building | men | workers | builders | city | town | hill | stream | banks (riverbanks) | river | trees | shore (landform) | boat | scaffold | landscape | marine art
Associated Places:
Europe | France | Bretagne | Dinan | Rance
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Francis Danby ARA (Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1988-11-05 - 1989-01-21)

Francis Danby ARA (Tate Britain, 1989-02-15 - 1989-04-09)

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Christie's sale catalogue : Important English drawings and pictures, c. 1650 - c. 1900 : 17 April 1964, , Christie's, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, April 17, 1964, p. 34, Lot 121, Fiche B51 (YCBA)

Christie's sale catalogue : Important English drawings and pictures, c. 1650 - c. 1900 : 17 April 1964, , Christie's, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, April 17, 1964, p. 34, Lot 121, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 78-79, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 36 (v.1), no. 124, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 18 (v.1), no. 63, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:707