Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824, British
Title:
The Thames at Chelsea
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 7/8 x 60 1/4 inches (78.4 x 153 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "Tho. Whitcomb [?] | 1784"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.7.171
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
river | sailboats | cityscape | buildings | marine art | rowboats | bridge (built work) | men | boats | country house
Associated Places:
England | Chelsea | Thames | United Kingdom | Greater London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christie's Sale Catalogue : Catalogue of English pictures and drawings : 24 June 1960, Christie's, June 24, 1960, p. 20, lot 90, Sales Catalogue (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 248-249, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 60 (v.1), no. 48, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:380