Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777, French, active in Britain

after Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British

Published by John Bowles, 1701–1779, British
Title:
Shipwreck
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.2 × 40.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, upper right: "5"; lower left: "P. Monamy Pinxt. | Shipwrack."; lower center: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. Feby. 21. 1745/6 | Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill."; lower right: "Canot Sculpt. | Naufrage"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11976
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
seamen | sky | masts | marine art | men | sails | lightning | waves (natural events) | flags | sailboats | ships | science | wind | navy | meteorology | galleons | men-of-war | clouds | storm | 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. 94, 95, 168-69, cat. 35, fig. 73 and no. 35, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31762