The Royal Yacht off the Isle of Wight

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

Trained originally in house decoration, Peter Monamy was probably largely self-taught as a marine painter. His style closely followed that of Willem van de Velde the younger. Monamy was working after the van de Velde family and other Dutch painters, who had come to work in England, had heightened interest in shipping pictures and created a growing market for them. He emerged with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters, although his range of work is uneven in quality. He worked industriously for at least 40 years and left a wealth of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history and recording a wide range of ships of the first half of the 18th century.

Places

England, Isle of Wight, The Solent

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, ensign (ship), flag, ship, yacht

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749)

Title

The Royal Yacht off the Isle of Wight

Date

c.1707

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 64.00 cm, width: 76.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's via Leggatt Bros, December 1954

Provenance

Collection of Mrs Fabian (W. Freeman & Sons Ltd); by whom sold through Christie's, London, on 10 December 1954 (Lot 124), for £42.0.0; from which sale purchased by Leggatt Bros. on behalf of the Ministry of Works

GAC number

3089