The Hindostan at Anchor in the Strait of Mi-a-tau of the City of Ten-choo-fou at the Entrance to the Gulf of Pekin
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 15 1/16 inches (20.6 x 38.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "Lightish"; in pen and brown ink, center: "NNW."; in graphite, lower center: "Red | Sails | Lighter | Red"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.316
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
marine art | flags | strait | sailboats | ships | men | seamen | wind | gulf | Royal Navy | East Indiaman
Associated Places:
China | Asia
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, pp. 85, 92, no. 47, pl. 73, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)