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Thomas Buttersworth, 1768–1842, British, Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast, ca. 1810
- Title:
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
- Date:
- ca. 1810
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 23 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (59.1 x 89.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, center: "Pitt & Scott Ltd. | 20/24 Eden Grove, London, N7 8ED | Mellon | 122"
Signed in ochre-colored paint, lower left: "J Buttersworth"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1973.1.5
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1973.1.5FR
- Subject Terms:
- frigate | lifeboats | marine art | meteorology | mountains | rocks (landforms) | science | seamen | ships | shipwreck | storm | waves (natural events)
- 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:4935
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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]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 46-47, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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