File:A lugger close-hauled in a strong breeze RMG PX9673.tiff
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Francis Swaine |
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English: A lugger close-hauled in a strong breeze In 1735 Swaine is described as a messenger in a list of clerks and officers employed by the Treasurers of His Majesty's Navy, and so he may have been born in about 1715. He was therefore a close contemporary of Charles Brooking, whose work he sometimes copied, as well as of Dominic Serres. It is not known how he became a marine painter, but he exhibited marine subjects and some landscapes at the Society of Artists between 1762 and 1783. His drawings have a crisp stylised sea, and the shipping and technical detail is accurately portrayed. Here the lugger is 'close-hauled', that is, sailing almost into the wind. |
| Date | circa 1770 |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 267 x 405 mm; Mount: 482 mm x 634 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: G20.4 Drawings. Up to 1788. Exhibition: Masters of the Sea, 1987, Cat No 25. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/139621 |
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| Identifier | Les Marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes, 1921-56: Lugt 1504 Print Room Location Code: G 20.4 1782 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 4 id number: PAG9673 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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