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George Romney, 1734–1802, British, Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope, 1793
- Title:
Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope
- Date:
- 1793
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (14 x 22.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "199"; upper right: "Nov. 95 | 304"; in pen and blue ink, lower left: "Salvage or [...]"
Oval collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4541); circular collector's mark, verso: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4542)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.12.201
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- historical subject | horse (animal) | sea | shipwreck
- Associated Places:
- Cape of Good Hope | South Africa
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6599
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Alex Kidson, George Romney : a complete catalogue of his paintings, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 2015, v. 3, p. 832, NJ18.R65 A12 +K54 2015 v.1-3 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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