Dublin Bay
Frederick Calvert (Cork c.1785 - London c.1845)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1815 - 1845
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
290 x 440 mm
Place of origin
Dublin
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290482
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Dublin Bay by Frederick Calvert (Cork c.1785 – London c.1845), signed and inscribed: Dublin Bay on the back of the stretcher. In the foreground are two boats with sails, other boats beyond. A lighthouse is in the centre, a city on the coast behind surrounded by hills. Rough sea with white-crested waves in the fore-ground.
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 Hapur-Crewe (1921-1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund)
Marks and inscriptions
Frederick Calvert (inscribed)
Makers and roles
Frederick Calvert (Cork c.1785 - London c.1845), artist