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Sorrento: Bay of Naples

Oil Painting
1841 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil painting on panel entitled 'Sorrento - Bay of Naples'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSorrento: Bay of Naples (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Sorrento - Bay of Naples' by William Collins. British School, 1841.
Physical description
Oil painting on panel entitled 'Sorrento - Bay of Naples'.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 40.6cm
  • Estimate width: 29.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'W Collins/1841' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 35-36
Collection
Accession number
FA.26[O]

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Record createdApril 17, 2007
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