- Creator:
- unknown artist
- Title:
- Study for a composition: The Wreck of an East Indiaman
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (12.1 × 17.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Indiaman [...]; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "[Kantasch Tantes] 26 | [...]"; lower center: "Church."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.313
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | rocks (landforms) | waves (natural events) | crash | storm | shipwreck | figures | boat | ship | marine art
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7923