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Joseph Severn, 1793–1879, British, Caulking the Schooner, Falmouth Harbour, undated
- Title:
- Caulking the Schooner, Falmouth Harbour
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (36.2 × 26 cm), Mount: 22 × 16 inches (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in pen and black ink, lower center: "<Arthur> Joseph Severn | Low Tide, Falmouth Harbour. Caulking the Schooner. | On back of original frame (made by T.H.Gladwell, 21 Graceland Street) | a Sale date: Jan 9/97. | -room | Bought by me at Tunbridge Wells in 1943. Martin Hardie | In the batch of drawings from which this camel, by Joseph Severn, | were others made in Italy (Rome, etc.) which were of his more | conventional type. This untypical drawing (in a sense half way | between W. Muller & S. Sargent) was much more interesting."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5951
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15080
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