Shipping in a Calm
Francis Swaine (c.1720 - London 1782)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1732 - 1782
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
470 x 603 mm (18 ½ x 23 ¾ in)
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 784682.1
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Shipping in a Calm by Francis Swaine (c.1720 - London 1782). View of sail boats and rowing boats on calm water.
Provenance
In Dining Room at Rufford Old Hall, 1929; [...];acquired at Sotheby's sale, 7 March 2007, lot 30, from the estate of Christian, Lady Hesketh (1929 - 2006).
Credit line
Rufford Old Hall, The Hesketh Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Francis Swaine (c.1720 - London 1782), artist
References
Tipping 1929 H. Avray Tipping, “Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire, A Seat of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Bt -II" Country Life 26 October 1929, pp. 570-6., fig. 11