Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844, British
Title:
Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff
Date:
ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 x 16 1/2in. (30 x 41.9cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso of mount in graphite, center: "Francis Nicholson Scarborough"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5456
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cliffs | wall | waves (natural events) | mountain | shipwreck | harbor | sea | ship | marine art | historical subject
Associated Places:
Scarborough | Scarborough Castle | England | Europe | North Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 24, 127, no. II.2, pl. 15, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11197