The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby

1840

Anthony Vandyck Copley Fielding

Associated Names
Anthony Vandyck Copley Fielding

Artist, British, 1787 - 1855

The image depicts a maritime scene with several ships sailing on a vast ocean expanse. The horizon is above the midpoint, and the waves are shown with swirling brushstrokes. The color palette consists of greys and blues, with hints of white in the waves. Seagulls are seen in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over traces of graphite with scratching out

  • Credit Line

    Gift of James Mackinnon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 63.7 × 91.9 cm (25 1/16 × 36 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.151.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly J. P. Theobald, Esq. [died c. 1894], Kingston-on-Thames; (possibly his sale, Christie's, London, 28 May 1894, no. 55, as "Off Whitby, Storm Coming On"); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London). Humphrey Roberts, Esq., Queens Gate, London; George J. Gould, New Jersey, 1904; probably by inheritance through Edith Gould Martin to Guy Martin, Jr., Washington, D.C.; (sale, Weschler's, Rockville, 20 February 2015, no. 271). (sale, Weschler's, 13 December, 2019, no. 296, bought in); (James MacKinnon, London); gift to NGA, 2022.

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Exhibition History

1901

  • The Water Colour Art of the 19th Century, The Fine Art Society, London, 1901, no. 80.

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: Copley Fielding / 1840

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