£30,000 - £50,000
Thomas Whitcombe (1760 - 1824)
A Royal Navy Three-Decker announcing her Departure from the Anchorage at Spithead (1787)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 'Thos Whitcombe. / 1787' lower right
Described by Grant as "a noted marine painter" and "one of our standard painters of the sea", this prolific and dedicated marine artist produced a body of work that was on the borderline between marine paintings of ships and ship portraits. He became one of the well-known artists from the golden age of British marine painting, which included such others as Peter Monamy, Francis Holman, Nicholas Pocock and Thomas Luny.
Provenance:
Mrs E.M Gordon, Biddlesdon Park, Brackley, Northamptonshire;
Sale, Christie's, London, 18th April 1986, lot 76;
Private Collection, UK
Dimensions:
(Canvas) 23 in. (H) x 28.5 in. (W)
(Frame) 29 in. (H) x 35 in. (W)
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