Seascape with Men o’War and Cutter

Location

Country: Portugal
City: Lisbon
Place: British Embassy

Little is known about marine painter Samuel Atkins. He was based in London and exhibited mainly small-scale shipping scenes at the Royal Academy every year from 1787 to 1796, except in 1790. Between 1796 and 1804 he was at sea and he is known to have visited the East Indies and the China Coast. He then returned to England and continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1808, showing 18 works there in total. He moved frequently, living at addresses in the Strand, Temple Bar, Pall Mall, Haymarket and Knightsbridge. Today his works are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum, London, and the Ulster Museum, Belfast; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich; Leeds City Art Gallery and Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Places

Subjects

seascape/coastal scene, cutter, ship, Man o'War

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Samuel Atkins

Title

Seascape with Men o’War and Cutter

Date

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 34.00 cm, width: 47.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963

Inscription

SBR Atkins [in driftwood]

GAC number

1577