File:Shipping becalmed off a port by moonlight RMG PW6099.jpg
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John Christian Schetky |
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English: Shipping becalmed off a port by moonlightSchetky, the son of a Hungarian composer, was born in Edinburgh where he took lessons from Alexander Nasmyth and afterwards helped his mother run a drawing class for young ladies. After travelling in Europe he took up a series of posts teaching drawing, notably at the Naval Academy in Portsmouth from 1811 until 1836. He became Painter in Watercolours to the Duke of Clarence, and afterwards Marine Painter in Ordinary to George IV, and Queen Victoria. The drawing is signed. Shipping becalmed off a port by moonlight |
| Date | circa 1830 |
| Dimensions | 275 mm x 387 mm; Mount: 407 mm x 556 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: D194. M2798-2801, 03, 87-91. Exhibition: Painters of the Sea, Brighton, 1979; Exhibition: Masters of the Sea, 1987, Cat No 131. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/100926 |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: PR1958-352 Picture Department Petrel Project Number: M2798 Print Room Location Code: H 20.4 1874 id number: PAF6099 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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