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Object Type
print
Museum number
1869,0410.2060
Description
Shipwreck, after Joseph Vernet, with figures struggling to reach the shore on the left, and others helping them or carrying bodies; the wreck of the ship can bee seen, partly hidden behind a large rock; on the right, the raging sea, with ship in the distance Lithograph
Producer name
After:
Joseph Vernet
Print made by:
Carle Vernet
Printed by:
Villain
School/style
French
Production date
1785-1836
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
199 millimetres
(image size)
Width:
329 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
the painting was exhibited at the Salon in 1785.
Bibliographic references
Arlaud 1976 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées d'après Joseph Vernet
(432)
Dayot 1925 / Carle Vernet, étude sur l'artiste suivie d'un catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié et du catalogue de l'exposition rétrospective de 1925
(163)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
storm
shipwreck
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(24-7.ii.1869/666)
Purchased through:
Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
José de Madrazo
Acquisition date
1869
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1869,0410.2060