Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777, French, active in Britainafter Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, BritishPublished by John Bowles, 1701–1779, British
Title:
Night and a Ship on Fire
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 7/16 inches (37.9 x 54.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11973
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
masts | dark | gesture | sea | rowboats | oars | seamen | rowing | pier | pointing | men | harbor | dock | sails | genre subject | men-of-war | flags | escape | lifeboats | ships | sailboats | fort | galleons | castle | marine art | mountains | night | smoke | fire | shipwreck
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
Publications:
Eleanor Hughes, Spreading Canvas : Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, pp. 168, 169, cat. 34, no. 34, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)