Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel Owen, 1768–1857, British
Title:
Ships on a Stormy Sea
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (14 × 28.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Owen | 1836"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.898
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
storm | Masts and rigging | sailors | marine art | sails | waves (natural events) | longboat | wind | boats | clouds | ships | sea
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)

Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
Publications:
Roger Quarm, Masters of the sea : British marine watercolours, , Phaidon, Oxford, UK, 1987, p. 92, no. 68, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11295