A Gale

Artist Michele Felice Corné 1752 - 1845

Dateca. 1807

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Paintings
Watercolors
Paper
Massachusetts

Dimensions57.11 × 41.24 cm (22 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.)

MarkingsLabel on back, "This picture was in the office of Thomas Motley on India Wharf 1807."

Credit LineGift of Harriet Motley Powel of Concord, MA (2008)

Object number2008.022

DescriptionWatercolor (gouache) on paper. Image of a sailing military and trading ships, in a storm. Some ships are flying American flags (possibly the "Philadelphia" and the "Essex"); other ships possibly from Algiers and Sweden. Possibly off the shore of Cadiz, Spain (similar architecture), near Trafalgar. Attribution to Corne by David Wood (6/2008). Similar to paintings by George Ropes (1788-1819). In a metal (brass?) frame with two hanging loops attatched to top beam.

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