Dominic Serres, 1722–1793, French, active in Britain (from the 1750s)
Title:
An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
16 x 25 inches (40.6 x 63.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black on wood plank, lower right: "D. Serras 1770"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.563
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
ship of the line | cutter (sailing vessel) | flags | wind | men | ships | full-rigged ships | clouds | fleet | sloops (sailing vessels) | breeze | sea | water | waves (natural events) | waves (natural events)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 200-201, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 49 (v.1), no. 22, pl. 163, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (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. 47 (v.1), no. 172, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)Sotheby's sale catalogue : Catalogue of eighteenth and nineteenth century drawings and paintings : 17 January 1962, Sotheby's, London, January 17, 1962, p. 19, lot no. 109, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)Yale Center for British Art, Selected paintings, drawings & books, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1977, p. 21, N590.2 A82 (YCBA)