Lot Essay
Yates was an accomplished marine artist whose oils are now rare. The present picture was painted in 1788 - the first of six years in which he exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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Lieutenant Thomas Yates, R.N. (c. 1760-1796)
Ships carrying a Vice-Admiral of the Blue and a Rear-Admiral of the Red, thought to be in the Solent with Hurst Castle beyond
signed and dated lower right 'T. YATES Del. 1788';
25¼ x 30½in. (64 x 77.5cm.)
Ships carrying a Vice-Admiral of the Blue and a Rear-Admiral of the Red, thought to be in the Solent with Hurst Castle beyond
signed and dated lower right 'T. YATES Del. 1788';
25¼ x 30½in. (64 x 77.5cm.)