View of the Teign, Devon

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Dominic Michael Serres was the younger son of painter Dominic Serres. In 1782, he served in the Royal Navy on board HMS Foudroyant. On 4 August 1788 he married Lucretia (died 1820), daughter of Wyndham Madden, at St Mary's Church, Marylebone Road, London. They had at least one son. Serres was a prisoner of the King’s Bench Prison in Surrey by December 1813. He died in 1816. Lucretia later remarried.

Places

England, Devon, River Teign

Subjects

rowing boat, sailor (civilian), barrel, sailing, topography, seascape/coastal scene, fire, hill, stone/rock, shore, man, cooking, sailboat, ship, anchor

Materials & Techniques

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

Artist

Dominic Michael Serres (c.1763 - 1816)

Title

View of the Teign, Devon

Date

1795

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 38.30 cm, width: 61.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, June 1966

Inscription

br: D.M Serres fecit / 1795

GAC number

7459