Dominic Serres, 1722–1793, French, active in Britain (from the 1750s)
Title:
The Battle of the Dogger Bank, 5th August, 1781
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink and gray wash with trace s of watercolor over graphite on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (23.5 x 36.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed lower left: "D.S. 1781"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2008.30.18
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
wars | marine art | sea | shipping | Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, 1780–1784 | battles
Associated Places:
North Sea
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Seascapes - Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-05-28 - 2009-08-23)
Publications:
Eleanor Hughes, Seascapes : marine paintings and watercolors from the U Collection [wall labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2009, p. [7], V 2165 (YCBA)