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YCBA/lido-TMS-10303
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E22_Human-Made_Object
Human-Made Object
300117546
marine art
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drawing
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watercolor
300033973
Drawing & Watercolor
Men of War Lying off Sheerness
Watermark: J Whatman (Letters & Fleur-de-lis similar to Shorter 197)
Signed, in pen, with black ink, lower right: "John Harris pinxt"
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
B1975.4.1999
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110663016
Not on view
Yale Center for British Art
41.3080060, -72.9306282
16 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (41.3 × 54 cm)
width
cm
54.0
height
cm
41.3
Sheet
10303
300054713
production
John Harris, 1770–1834, British
ycba_actor_2348
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18671794
John Harris
Harris John, 1770–1834
John Harris, 1770–1834
John Harris, 1770–1834
British
1770
1834
male
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Artist
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painter
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British
undated
1785
1834
23
18th century-19th century
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
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graphite
300070114
gouache
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laid paper
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watercolor
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pen
black ink
gray ink
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
104
https://britishart.yale.edu/node/690
300054766
exhibition
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
British Art Center
Yale Center for British Art
BAC
YCBA
1977
0
300025633
Curator
2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05
2001-05-19
2001-08-05
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
300435424
The eighteenth century in Britain witnessed an extraordinary flourishing of the practice of drawing, among both professional artists and amateurs. This exhibition of one hundred outstanding drawings and watercolors from the Yale Center for British Art celebrated the richness and diversity of its eighteenth century holdings—rivaled only by the great national collections in London—and examined the professional and social roles played by draftsmanship during the period. Among the highlights were works by William Blake, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Henry Fuseli, Thomas Gainsborough, Allan Ramsay, Paul Sandby, and William Hogarth (whose controversial and innovative theory of the “Line of Beauty” suggested the title for the exhibition). — —
Ranging from large-scale highly finished exhibition watercolors to informal sketches intended for private use and enjoyment, the drawings were arranged in illuminating thematic and contextual groupings: the portrait, landscape, the city, science and natural history, sports and amusements, and the life of the artist. — —
Credits — —
Curated at the Center by Scott Wilcox, Curator of Prints and Drawings, and Gillian Forrester, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, The Line of Beauty also featured drawing manuals and instructional literature of the period, selected from the Center’s rich collection of rare books.
Yale Center for British Art
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
392
300054766
exhibition
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
YCBA
BAC
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
66
Lender
1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02
1987-06-10
1987-08-02
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
392
300054766
exhibition
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors
Yale Center for British Art
National Maritime Museum
ycba_actor_1765
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500262910
National Maritime Museum
0
0
300311675
Borrower
2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25
2005-08-25
2005-10-25
National Maritime Museum
ycba_actor_1765
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500262910
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich
7011789
Greenwich
10303
584094
ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)
19124931
1684
300054686
publication event
Roger Quarm, ^Masters of the sea : British marine watercolours, ^, Phaidon, Oxford, UK, 1987, pp. 73, 92, no. 62, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Roger Quarm
ycba_actor_9722
Quarm Roger
300025492
Author
Scott Wilcox
ycba_actor_1252
Wilcox Scott
300025492
Author
Phaidon
ycba_actor_8178
Phaidon
300025574
Publisher
1987
1987
1987
Oxford, UK
10303
4753996
NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
47659793
1541
300054686
publication event
Scott Wilcox, ^Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, ^, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, pg. 88, cat. no. 71, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Yale Center for British Art
Scott Wilcox
ycba_actor_1252
Wilcox Scott
300025492
Author
Gillian Forrester, British
ycba_actor_2052
Forrester Gillian
300025492
Author
Morna O'Neill
ycba_actor_9449
O'Neill Morna
300025492
Author
Kim Sloan
ycba_actor_9431
Sloan Kim
300025492
Author
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
300025574
Publisher
2001
2001
2001
New Haven, CT
10303
300157782
acquisition
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
YCBA
BAC
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
300203630
Owner
1975-01-01
1975-01-01
1975-01-01
300138913
gift
Marine drawing in eighteenth-century Britain was largely a specialized production aimed at an expert audience. The marine draftsman was required to provide a documentary record of ships, naval engagements, harbors, and coastlines for a knowledgeable public of active and retired seamen. As John Thomas Serres (cats. 72-3 [B1975.3.194] [B1986.29.549]) observed in his Liber Nauticus and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing (1805), proficiency in the art demanded both a working knowledge both of the construction of ships, what Serres termed "naval architecture," and of seamanship. Consequently, it was common for the marine draftsman or painter to have turned to art after an actual involvement in the building or sailing of ships. --- ---
Like his father and his twin brother, Robert Cleveley became a marine painter after working in the Royal Dockyard at Deptford. The Scottish-born William Anderson was likewise a shipwright before becoming an artist. John Harris, like the Cleveleys, grew up in the neighborhood of the Deptford dockyard. His boyhood surroundings inspired an early interest in shipbuilding, manifested in the building of a model sloop, though apparently not in any actual employment in the shipbuilding trade. As an artist, Harris pursued marine drawings as but one of several specializations. He worked as a book designer and illustrator and natural-history draftsman. --- ---
With its documentary nature the marine watercolor of the period was the nautical equivalent, in both function and technique, of the topographical watercolor. The combination of precise pen outlines and delicate washes of color that characterize the "stained" or "tinted" drawings of the topographical tradition was equally well-suited to the depiction of ships and rigging. Robert Cleveley's brother John studied with the topographical artist Paul Sandby, who was one of a number of watercolorists employed by naval and military schools to teach their young cadets the art of drawing. --- ---
Scott Wilcox --- ---
Wilcox, Forrester, O'Neil, Sloan. The Line of Beauty: British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2001. pg. 88 cat. no. 71
10303
300111999
Published catalog entry
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Scott Wilcox
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Author
2001-05
300235692
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marine art
Kent
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Kent
51.2160, 0.6500
Sheerness
1030587
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Sheerness
51.4330, 0.7660
United Kingdom
7008591
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United Kingdom
54.0000, -4.5000
Roger Quarm, Masters of the sea : British marine watercolours, , Phaidon, Oxford, UK, 1987, pp. 73, 92, no. 62, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)
584094
ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)
19124931
1684
related to
Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, pg. 88, cat. no. 71, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
4753996
NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
47659793
1541
related to
300055603
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
https://britishart.yale.edu
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
300055598
Public Domain
300435434
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
10303
300133025
Item
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10303
oai:tms.ycba.yale.edu:10303
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/v2/ycba/obj/10303
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/ycba/obj/10303
IIIF manifest
Yale Center for British Art
500303557
Yale Center for British Art