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Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British, A Calm, 1754
- Title:
A Calm
- Date:
- 1754
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 5/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.9 x 53.6 cm), Plate: 11 3/8 x 16 5/8 inches (28.9 x 42.2 cm), Image: 10 3/8 x 15 13/16 inches (26.4 x 40.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center right: "74"; on back, upper left: "£12.12"; on back, upper right: "PMF"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Brooking Pinxt."; lower center: "A Calm [swirled mark] | Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside London 1754"; lower right: "Jno. Boydell Sculp. [swirled mark]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11112
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- barrels (containers) | boats | cannons (artillery) | clouds | dock | galleons | labor | marine art | men | peace | rowboats | sailboats | sails | sea | seamen | ships | smoke | yachts
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30534
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