A First Rate Man-of-War Driving on a Reef of Rocks, and Foundering in a Gale
During a very short career the artist painted several naval victories which he witnessed during the Napoleonic wars. Also a landscape painter, he excelled at storm and shipwreck scenes which convey the overwhelming power of the sea.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 38/1928
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- A First Rate Man-of-War Driving on a Reef of Rocks, and Foundering in a Gale
- Simple Name
- painting
- Period Classification
- George IV (1820-1830)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1826
- Production Person Initials
- George Philip
- Production Person Surname
- Reinagle
- Production Year Low
- 1824
- Production Year High
- 1826
