Storm by Sea
Francis Nicholson (Pickering 1753 – London 1844)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1808 - 1813
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
584 x 826 mm (23 x 32 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730721
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Storm by Sea by Francis Nicholson (Pickering 1753 – London 1844), circa 1808. Figures on a rocky shore, left; a ship dashed against rocks at the right. Varnished.
Provenance
Bought in by Richard Colt Hoare in 1813; and thence by descent; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Makers and roles
Francis Nicholson (Pickering 1753 – London 1844), artist
References
Hoare 1822 Sir Richard Colt Hoare, History of Modern Wiltshire (Hundred of Mere),1822 , p. 73