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Dismasted ships in a swell after a storm RMG PV5341
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Dismasted ships in a swell after a storm
In the centre foreground is a ship lifting to a swell in the aftermath of what appears to have been a severe storm during which the main topmast and mizzen mast were carried away. The moment depicted in this drawing – the return of calm and, with it, relative safety, after a perilous storm – is unusual, falling in between the two extremes of turmoil and tranquillity that more frequently provided the artist’s subjects.
Dismasted ships in a swell after a storm
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Date
1800
Source
Royal Museums Greenwich
Copyright info
public domain
