Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808, British, active in the East Indies (1796–1804)
Title:
A Warship Preparing to Leave the Anchorage
Date:
between 1787 and 1808
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (34.9 x 47.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in pen, with black ink, lower right: "Atkins"; not dated
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2008.30.10
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
seascape | marine art | warship | figures (representations) | ships | ship | boats | sails | navy | water | men | sea | birds | military art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Seascapes - Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-05-28 - 2009-08-23)
Publications:
Eleanor Hughes, Seascapes : marine paintings and watercolors from the U Collection [wall labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2009, p. [8], V 2165 (YCBA)