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Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777, French, active in Britain, A Strong Gale or Squall, 1745
- Title:
A Strong Gale or Squall
- Additional Title(s):
Vent fort ou raflais
- Date:
- 1745
- Medium:
- Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.8 × 40.3 cm), Image: 10 9/16 × 14 13/16 inches (26.8 × 37.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, upper left: "3"; lower left: "P. Monamy Pinxt. | A Strong Gale or Squall | From a Painting in the Collection of Alexander Stuart Esqr."; lower center: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt 21 Feb. 1745-6 | Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill." lower right: "Canot Sculpt. | Vent Fort ou Raflais"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11975
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | flags | galleons | marine art | masts | men-of-war | navy | sails | sea | ships | waves (natural events) | wind
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31761
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