Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782, British
Title:: An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.623
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: dock | pulling | men | boats | seamen | clouds | sloop (warship) | sea | shore (landform) | ships | buildings | sloops (sailing vessels) | marine art
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. 220-221, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1086