English Men-o-War and Other Shipping off Coast

Location

Country: USA
City: Chicago
Place: British Consulate-General

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

Subjects

seascape/coastal scene, wave, ensign (ship), flag, tower, ship, Man o'War

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749)

Title

English Men-o-War and Other Shipping off Coast

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 78.50 cm, width: 106.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Executors of Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963

Inscription

Sbl

GAC number

1480