Watercolor with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (14 x 21.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite upper center: "R:P: Bonington | Aiw Arrowsmith : Francia"; on back in graphite upper right: "FF"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6105
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
vessels | clouds | marine art | ships | sea
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)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:
Patrick Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington : "On the pleasure of painting", , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1991, pp. 31, 122, no. 32, NJ18 B65 N66 1991 + (YCBA)Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Roger Quarm, Masters of the sea : British marine watercolours, , Phaidon, Oxford, UK, 1987, pp. 58, 93, no. 82, color pl. 27, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)