Seapiece
Richard Belgrave Hoppner (1786 – 1872)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1806 - 1847 (recorded in collection)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
850 x 1200 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485146
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Seapiece by Richard Belgrave Hoppner (1786-1872). Choppy sea, in the left foreground is a cutter with a lateen sail. At right is an Austrian frigate with sails furled and a flag at the stern. In the left-centre distance is an Indiaman, and many other craft at left.
Provenance
Recorded at No. 4, Grosvenor Place in 1847 and at Petworth in 1847. By descent to the current Lord Egremont. On loan from the Egremont Private Collection
Credit line
Petworth House, The Egremont Collection
Marks and inscriptions
Mr. B. Hoppner No. I (on back)
Makers and roles
Richard Belgrave Hoppner (1786 – 1872), artist