Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Luny, 1759–1837, British
Title:
An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on floating plank of wood, lower left: "Thos Dumar Esq in H. M. Ship Portland delivering the Leward Island Convoy to Alexr Watt [?] of the ship Thames. June 1776."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.433
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
sea | flags | ships | ships of the line | marine art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 152-153, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:917