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- Title:
Lost to All Hope the Brig
- Date:
- between 1845 and 1850
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 x 12 3/4 inches (22.9 x 32.4 cm), Frame: 17 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (43.8 x 59.1 x 3.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Lost to all Hope she lies | each sea breaks over a derelict | on an unknown shore the sea folk only sharing the triumph"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "D 19"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5378
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- brig | clouds | marine art | mast | meteorology | sailboat | science | storms | storms
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5496
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