Dominic Serres, 1722–1793, French, active in Britain (from the 1750s)
Title:
Shipping in Southampton Water, off Calshott Castle
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 3/16 inches (16.5 × 23.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, center: "(Reg no. 7670/3//27/439) | PM 6124 | Serres, Dominic | Calshott Castle near Southampton"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.931
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
castles | sea | men | shipping | boats | clouds
Associated Places:
Hampshire | Calshot | England
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, 73, 91, no. 44, pl. 40, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)