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A shipwreck off the Isle of Wight
Details
George Morland (1763-1804)
A shipwreck off the Isle of Wight
signed 'George Morl[and]/Pinx.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
28½ x 36¼in. (72.4 x 92.1 cm.)
A shipwreck off the Isle of Wight
signed 'George Morl[and]/Pinx.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
28½ x 36¼in. (72.4 x 92.1 cm.)
Provenance
William Phillips, Gloucester Place and by descent to Rev. Canon Phillips, Manor House, Stoke d'Abernon, Cobham, Surrey and by descent to Frederick Abiss-Phillips: Christie's, 27 May 1938, lot 58
Literature
R. Richardson, George Morland's Pictures, London, 1897, p.55, no.7.
G. Dawe, ed. J.J. Foster, The Life of George Morland, London, 1904, p.123.
G.C. Williamson, George Morland: His Life and Works, London, 1904, p.122, no. 7, illustrated (opposite p.42).
G. Dawe, ed. J.J. Foster, The Life of George Morland, London, 1904, p.123.
G.C. Williamson, George Morland: His Life and Works, London, 1904, p.122, no. 7, illustrated (opposite p.42).
Exhibited
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by George Morland, 1904, no. 52. Bradford, City Art Gallery, 1933. Wakefield, City Art Gallery, 1935.
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