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- Title:
A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort
- Date:
- ca. 1740
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed, lower left: "Aged 17 Years"
Signed, lower left: "C Brooking [P??]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.7.9
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1976.7.9FR
- Subject Terms:
- boats | brigs | castle | fire | flames | fort | lifeboats | marine art | night | ocean | people | sea | seascape | ships | shipwreck | smoke
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:252
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