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Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British, Action off the Cape of Good Hope, ca. 1757
- Title:
Action off the Cape of Good Hope
- Date:
- ca. 1757
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.557
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.557FR
- Subject Terms:
- battle | fire | flags | French | marine art | men | men-of-war | merchants | sails | sea | ships | ships of the line | smoke | warships
- Associated Places:
- Cape of Good Hope | South Africa
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1038
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Christie's Sale Catalogue : Fine Paintings by Oil Masters . July 12, 1963, Christie's, 12 July 1963, p. 13, lot 37, Sales Catalogues (YCBA) [YCBA]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 198-199, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Richard Kingzett, Catalogue of the Works of Samuel Scott, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 48, Walpole Society, Oxford, 1982, pp. 36-37, , N12 W35 A1 48+ (YCBA) [YCBA]
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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