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Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772, British, Shipping in a Choppy Sea, 1753

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Creator:: Samuel Scott, born in London, England, ca. 1702; active in England; died in Bath, England, 1772
Title:: Shipping in a Choppy Sea
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 × 45 1/2 inches (139.7 × 115.6 cm), Frame: 63 7/8 × 53 5/8 × 2 3/4 inches (162.2 × 136.2 × 7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated, lower left: "Scott 17[?]3"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.561
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Link to Frame:: B1981.25.561FR
Subject Terms:: clouds | fleet | full-rigged ships | marine art | sea | ships | sloop (sailing vessel) | water | waves (natural events) | wind
Access:: On view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1042
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In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 198-199, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]

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