Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
Men-of-War and Sailing Boats Near a Shore
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and red brown and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 18 1/4 inches (20.5 x 46.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in black ink, lower right: "T. Rowlandson."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.704
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sailors | men-of-war | people | sky | water | marine art | beach | sails | shore (landform) | lighthouse | buildings | sailing | ships | navy | boats | waves (natural events)
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. 78, 91, no. 49, pl. 52, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6419