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Shipping on Calm Sea off the European Coast
Document Type: Painting
Geographic Location: Europe
ID Number: 79.79.9
Keywords: 79.79.9; paintings; marine art; Buttersworth
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Description:
Thomas Buttersworth, Sr., signed, c.1820
Here, Buttersworth portrays the mix of shipping traffic along the English Channel near the coast in a scene evocative of earlier Dutch paintings. The Dutch sloop, also reminiscent of an earlier era, is juxtaposed with an early steam vessel with auxiliary sails. The lug-rigged open boat on the left is in the French or British style, locating the scene perhaps on the Flemish coast or in the Thames estuary. The effect is a stunning picture. At first glance, it could be from the mid-1700s, yet in fact was 50-75 years in the future.
Oil on canvas.
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