Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in India
Title:
Boats near a Dutch Folly Fort, Canton
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 9/16 × 25 1/8 inches (44.6 × 63.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower left: "10"; in graphite, lower center: "Hoe chu fou toe [word crossed out] Canton"; lower right: "D25789"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1907
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
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, v.1 : p. 204, no. 408, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)