unknown artist, Study for a composition: The Wreck of an East Indiaman, ca. 1830
- Title:
Study for a composition: The Wreck of an East Indiaman
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Swiss Mountain Scene
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (12.1 × 17.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Indiaman [...]; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "[Kantasch Tantes] 26 | [...]"; lower center: "Church."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.313
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boat | clouds | crash | figures | marine art | rocks (landforms) | ship | shipwreck | storm | waves (natural events)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7923
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