Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Westall, 1781–1850, British
Title:
Whampoa and the Canton River
Date:
1845
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 22 1/4 inches (20.3 × 56.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Canton"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1238
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cottage | boats | ships | landscape | mountains | sailing
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
James Taylor, Picturing the Pacific: Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, p. 235, N8258 .T39 2018 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12450