Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Buttersworth, 1768–1842, British
Title:
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (59.1 x 89.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, center: "Pitt & Scott Ltd. | 20/24 Eden Grove, London, N7 8ED | Mellon | 122"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1973.1.5
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
rocks (landforms) | waves (natural events) | marine art | ships | lifeboats | frigate | mountains | seamen | meteorology | science | storm | shipwreck
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 46-47, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4935