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HMS Melpomene in Distress, 17th November, 1805

Robert Strickland Thomas (1787-1853)

Category

Art / Oil paintings

Date

1846 (inscribed)

Materials

Oil on canvas

Measurements

460 x 660 mm

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Collection

Calke Abbey, Derbyshire

NT 290380

Summary

Oil painting on canvas, HMS Melpomene in Distress, 17th November, 1805 by Robert Strickland Thomas (1787-1853), signed and inscribed the date 1846. HMS Melpomene is listing severely to one side as a huge wave almost engulfs it. Very dark sky with the beam on the right-hand side.

Provenance

Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984

Credit line

Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)

Marks and inscriptions

signed and inscribed with date 1846

Makers and roles

Robert Strickland Thomas (1787-1853), artist

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