Exhibition History: Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) / Subject Terms: sea

1. An Action between English Ships and Barbary Corsairs

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1695
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches (32.1 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Captain William Locker

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 12 inches (36.8 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 71 inches (101.6 x 180.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 37 7/8 inches (70.5 × 96.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
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
On View:: Not on view

7. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1747 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. English Ships Running before a Gale

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: before 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Shipping in the English Channel

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (36.8 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Ship on Fire at Night

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/4 inches (51.8 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1720 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 35 1/2 inches (71.1 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 3/8 × 57 inches (84.8 × 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Creator:: Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 57 inches (76.2 x 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, gray wash and graphite; verso: graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (14.6 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 26 1/4 inches (23.8 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink over graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 1/8 x 23 3/4 inches (46 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Warships Passing in the Channel

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 19 1/4 inches (30.5 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

25. An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle

Creator:: John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 inches (26 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

26. The taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22nd of Novr. 1739 with Six Men of War only

Creator:: Print made by Remi Parr, active 1723–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 18 1/8 inches (31.3 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Sea Engagement between the English and Algerines

Creator:: Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 inches (31 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

Creator:: Print made by Remi Parr, active 1723–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 1/16 inches (31.8 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Sweet William's Farewell to Black Eyed Susan

Creator:: Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 18 1/8 inches (31.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Night and a Ship on Fire

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 7/16 inches (37.9 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. An Action between English Ships and Barbary Corsairs

2. Captain William Locker

3. The Fishery

4. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

5. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

6. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

7. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

8. English Ships Running before a Gale

9. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

10. Shipping in the English Channel

11. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

12. Ship on Fire at Night

13. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

14. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

15. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

16. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

17. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

18. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

19. Shipping in a Calm

20. The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

21. Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

22. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

23. The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes

24. Warships Passing in the Channel

25. An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle

26. The taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22nd of Novr. 1739 with Six Men of War only

27. A Sea Engagement between the English and Algerines

28. The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

29. Sweet William's Farewell to Black Eyed Susan

30. Night and a Ship on Fire

31. Moonlight