File:Thomas Luny - A merchant ship signaling for a pilot off the cliffs of Dover.jpg

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A merchant ship signaling for a pilot off the cliffs of Dover   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Thomas Luny  (1759–1837)  wikidata:Q1389224
 
Thomas Luny
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 20 May 1759 Edit this at Wikidata 30 September 1837 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cornwall Teignmouth
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creator QS:P170,Q1389224
Title
A merchant ship signaling for a pilot off the cliffs of Dover
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1793
date QS:P571,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas mounted on aluminum backed wooden panel
Dimensions height: 77.5 cm (30.5 in); width: 128.3 cm (50.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,77.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,128.3U174728
Object history Private Collection, New York; - Thence by descent to the present owner.
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T. Luny 1793
Source/Photographer Sotheby's New York, 27 January 2012, N08826, lot 436

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