drawing
- Museum number
- 1874,1212.170
- Description
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A Sloop; one masted vessel sailing to right, ships at anchor to left, coast beyond. 1789
Pen and grey and black ink
- Production date
- 1789
- Dimensions
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Height: 208 millimetres
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Width: 149 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A hoy was the everyday workboat for passengers and light goods from London to the Thames estuary. Serres' inscription on the reverse shows that he drew it as a favour for the daughter of a Mr. Spilsbury. - Alan Russett, 'John Thomas Serres: the tireless enterprise of a marine artist' (Sea Torch Publishing, 2010), p40.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1874
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1874,1212.170
