The Tide Rising at Briton Ferry, 1773

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite; laid down

Dimensions

Overall: 29.7 x 53.1 cm (11 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1988.19.1

Artists / Makers

Paul Sandby (artist) British, 1731 - 1809

Image Use

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Inscription

inscribed in pen and brown ink on the original mount: This View pointed out to me by Sir Joseph Bank Bart 1773. He stood by while / I made the Sketch, his Servant holding an Umbrella to keep off the glare of the Sun / from my paper. I was so attentive in making this Drawing Correct, as not to perceive / the Tyde approaching, it flowing very fast and following us upwards of a Mile / before we was in safety, when looking back to Sand hillocks on which I had sat / to sketch, they was under water, the Tide generally rising eight feet / P Sandby R.A. / NB. on the left hand of the Ferry house rises smoak from the Copper Works at Heath over / Lord Vernons Woods, on the Right hand Mr Morriss's Plantations

Exhibition History

1993: The Great Age of British Watercolors 1750-1880, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 254.

2006: The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1987: Leger Galleries, English Watercolors and Drawings, London, 11/18/87-12/24/87: no. 8.

1988: Leger Galleries. The Fitch Collection. London, 1988: no. 28.

1993: Wilton, Andrew and Anne Lyles. The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993: no. 254.