Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855, British
Title:
Shipping off Staffa
Date:
1842
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, black ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (31.1 × 41.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower left: "Copley Fielding 1842"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1811
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sailboats | sky | ocean | waves (natural events) | seascape | cave | landscape | boats | seagulls | island | basalt | shipping | marine art | sloop (sailing vessel)
Associated Places:
Staffa | Scotland | Europe | Argyll and Bute | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)

Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
Publications:
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 17, no. 132, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9486