General
General
Object Auto ID
78659
Alternate Codes
159586
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Wreck of the "Francis Spaight"; Water-colours: seascapes, 1854-1863
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Watercolour seascape with white gouache for the surf. The stranded "Francis Spaight" is shown at an angle on the left.To the right are various lightly-painted figures on the shore. Hills in the background. Part of a collection, see 6540)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Francis Spaight Shipwrecks Table Bay Woodstock beach ships

Inscriptions
b.r. title "Wreck of the "Francis Spaight, 1846" in pencil. In the margin below that is written 1848 as though corrected. Back of board "Attributed to Bowler by Mendelssohn" and title and date in pencil.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Not framed - in sketchbook in phase box.; Image and paper size 135 x 226 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
1846
Maker Comment
BOWLER, Thomas William, (1812-1869) attributed by Mendelssohn
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