Details
James Pringle (fl.1770-1818)
'A Calm' - An armed vessel flying a Royal Navy blue ensign, in two positions, lying in an estuary, possibly the Medway below Chatham Dockyard
signed and dated 'Jas Pringle 1811' and with inscription 'Presented to the Trustees of Maritime Place by Aaron Chapman Esqr./of Highbury Park Middlesex, 1st.August 1848; being a painting of a Ship belonging to and highly/valued by the late John Woodcock Esqr.' on the frame
oil on canvas
28 x 49in. (71 x 125cm.)
Provenance
Literature
E.H.H. Archibald 'Dictionary of Sea Painters', plate 296
"'Shipping in an estuary', which may be meant for the Medway. We know that the ship in the centre was owned by a Yorkshireman and she has a bow like a Whitby cat bark. She is also on hire to the Royal Navy and the lugger in the right foreground is naval manned"
Exhibited
Royal Academy, London, 1812, No.758 'A Calm'
