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Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in India, Boats near a Dutch Folly Fort, Canton, ca. 1785
- Title:
Boats near a Dutch Folly Fort, Canton
- Date:
- ca. 1785
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 17 9/16 × 25 1/8 inches (44.6 × 63.8 cm), Sheet: 13 9/16 × 20 1/16 inches (34.4 × 51 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower left: "10"; in graphite, lower center: "Hoe chu fou toe [word crossed out] Canton"; lower right: "D25789"
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys (similar to Churchill 415 and Shorter 197 without J Whatman)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1907
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9197
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Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v.1 : p. 204, no. 408, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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