Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
David Cox, 1783–1859, British
Title:
Entrance to Calais Harbour
Date:
ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 inches (18.7 × 27.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower right: "D. Cox | 18[?]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4156
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
marine art | figures (representations) | ships | boat | sails | pier
Associated Places:
Calais | France
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, pp. 34, 93, no. 87, color pl. 15, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)

William Wordsworth, The Prelude 1805, Brandeis University Press, Waltham, MA, 2024, p. 104, fig. 6.6, PR5864 .A2 E54 2024 Oversisze (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8316