Seascape: Off the Straits of Dover
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About the work
- Location
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Country: Uruguay
City: Montevideo
Place: British Embassy
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About the artist
George Chambers senior was born at Whitby, the son of a sailor. To support his family, he shipped aboard an uncle's Humber keel, aged ten. At twelve, he took an apprenticeship on a brig under Captain Storr, who recognised his talent for painting and released him. He became a house and ship painter in Whitby but also made ship portraits for captains and took lessons from a local drawing master. In c.1820 he settled in London, painting ships and scenery for the Pavilion Theatre. In 1830 he was commissioned by William IV to paint four pictures. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1836. Chambers travelled to Holland twice and, in 1840, to Madeira to recuperate from illness, dying shortly after his return.
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Explore
- Places
- England, Dover, Kent, White Cliffs, English Channel
- Subjects
- fishing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, strait, man, ensign (ship), ship
- Materials & Techniques
- canvas, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Title
- Seascape: Off the Straits of Dover
- Date
- 1835
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height: 59.00 cm, width: 83.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from the Wilton Gallery, February 1956
- Inscription
- br: G Chambers 1835 / snr [?]
- Provenance
- With Wilton Gallery; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in February 1956
- GAC number
- 3424