Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Title:
Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor
Date:
between 1710 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/8 x 45 1/2 inches (76.5 x 115.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, lower right: "P. Monamy : pinx :"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.449
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
marine art | flags | pennants | ships | guns | sails | anchor (watercraft equipment) | yacht | men-of-war | rowboats | full-rigged ships | sloops (sailing vessels) | hats | men | boys | sea | figures | inlet | birds | sky | clouds
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 160-161, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

John Ford, Ackermann 1783-1983 : the business of art, London, 1983, p. 193, N8640 A25 +F67 (YCBA)

Charles Harrison-Wallace, Peter Monamy, 1682-1749, marine artist : Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, 1983, no. 7, NJ18 M756 H37 (YCBA)

National Gallery of Art, Painting in Georgian England from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1970, pp. 1-2, ND488 P25 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 13 (v.1), no. 40, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 37 (v.1), no. 134, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:933