Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Joy, 1803–1867, British
Title:
A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (47 x 66.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, lower right: "W. Joy"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.382
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
ocean | beach | boats | brigantine | square-rigged vessels | shore (landform) | sea | luggers | gray (color) | gray (color) | wind | meteorology | science | men | storm | waves (natural events)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 132-133, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:869