Wherries at Anchor on Breydon Water: PD.9-1988

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Wherries at Anchor on Breydon Water

Maker(s)

Painter: Cotman, John Sell

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: Sir Gervase Beckett; Sir Martyn Beckett

Legal notes

Through Agnew's, from the Fairhaven and Cunliffe Funds with a contribution from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 51 cm
Width: 73.5 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1988) by Beckett, Martyn

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1810 : Date by Kitson.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

References and bibliographic entries

Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 90
The Life of John Sell Cotman page(s): 115
British Landscape Paintings from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 76-77

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.9-1988
Primary reference Number: 3175
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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