File:Smugglers RMG BHC1077.tiff
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editanonymous: Smugglers | ||||||||||||
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attributed to George Morland |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: Smugglers (Updated, January 2016) The painter George Morland (1763-1804) largely specialized in rural landscape subjects and characters, including some coastal and shipwreck compositions, of which this is one of several on the popular topic of smuggling. Morland often repeated compositions, in variable quality, and whether this canvas is by him or a good contemporary copyist is not yet entirely certain. The prime version, however, appears to be one of the same size and rather stronger colour and handling in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, dated 1792: this also seems to have been the basis of the related by James Ward, published in 1793 (see PAH7348). At least two smaller versions are also known, one on canvas in the National Trust collection at Mottistone Manor, Isle of Wight (61 x 74 cm) and the other more clearly a copy on board by another hand in the North Lincolnshire Museums collection (54 x 64 cm). Allowing minor differences of landscape outline and cloud form, all four paintings are identical in the elements shown: a small boat being unloaded, with a few barrels onto the rocky shore in the foreground, where a man is moving them onto a horse and cart. Other boats are at sea and perhaps are meant to represent other smugglers. In the late 18th century and early 19th century a scene like this fulfilled the audience’s appetite for romantic and adventurous narratives, also reflected in contemporary literature. |
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Date |
circa 1793 date QS:P571,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 1003 x 1410 mm; Frame: 1023 mm x 1439 mm | |||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC1077 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12569 | |||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1927-110 id number: BHC1077 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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