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- Title:
Canal under construction, possibly the Bude Canal
- Former Title(s):
The Building of a Canal (The Bude Canal?) [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]
- Date:
- ca. 1840
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 12 1/16 x 16 inches (30.6 x 40.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.1.15
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.1.15FR
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | beams (structural elements) | boats | building | canal | cement | construction | dirt | river | ship | transportation | workers
- Associated Places:
- Bude | Cornwall | England | Europe | Tamar | United Kingdom
- 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:7
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The Story of The Farmington Canal " ... a work which is itself magnificent... " (The Connecticut Historical Society, 1995-03 - 1996-01-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
The Story of The Farmington Canal " ... a work which is itself magnificent... " (New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1995-03-01 - 1996-01-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 40-41, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Elisabeth Fairman, Roads to rails : revolution in British transport, , New Haven, CT, 1992, p. 19, no. 161, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA) [YCBA]