Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742, British

after Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1672)

Published by John Bowles, 1701–1779, British
Title:
Ships
Date:
1720-1730
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in blue-green colored ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 × 12 13/16 inches (45.7 × 32.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: […]
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14212
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
Publications:
Eleanor Hughes, Spreading Canvas : Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, p. 34, 149-150, cat. 14, fig. 25 and no. 14, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38861