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A Sea port: gale rising

Oil Painting
ca. 1840 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting of a sea port buffeted by a gale.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Sea port: gale rising (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'A Sea port - gale rising' by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott. Great Britain, ca. 1840.
Physical description
An oil painting of a sea port buffeted by a gale.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 30.5cm
  • Estimate width: 40.6cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 20
Collection
Accession number
FA.13[O]

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Record createdOctober 5, 2006
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