Sailing Ship at Anchor
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Watercolour, gouache, pencil and pen & ink on cream wove paper
Measurements
Aperture of mount: 149 x 290 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1516859.2
Summary
Mounted watercolour of a sailing ship at anchor, with red pennant flying from the mast and sails hoisted. There are warships at anchor in the background. There is a monogram RM in the bottom right. On the mounting in the top left is a white label inscribed //126 Marine sketch by Martin £1/1/6 //
Provenance
From the family collection of chattels purchased from Mrs Petronella Burnett Brown (née Dittmer) December 2009.
Marks and inscriptions
On window mount, upper left corner: 126, Niawine (?) Ketch by Martin £ 1/1/6 Verso of mount, centre and upper edge: 972 On watercolour, lower left corner: RM