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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844, British, Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff, ca. 1808
- Title:
Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff
- Date:
- ca. 1808
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 13/16 x 16 1/2in. (30 x 41.9cm), Sheet: 11 7/8 × 16 1/2 inches (30.2 × 41.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso of mount in graphite, center: "Francis Nicholson Scarborough"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5456
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cliffs | harbor | historical subject | marine art | mountain | sea | ship | shipwreck | wall | waves (natural events)
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | North Yorkshire | Scarborough | Scarborough Castle | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11197
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Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 24, 127, no. II.2, pl. 15, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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