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Peter Monamy: An Indiaman and a Royal Yacht in a Storm off a Rocky Coast with a Castle  wikidata:Q50861352 reasonator:Q50861352
Artist
Peter Monamy  (–1749)  wikidata:Q2012122
 
Peter Monamy
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 12 January 1681 / 1689 Edit this at Wikidata before 7 February 1749
date QS:P,+1749-02-07T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1749-02-07T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death London London
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q2012122
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An Indiaman and a Royal Yacht in a Storm off a Rocky Coast with a Castle Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"An Indiaman and a Royal Yacht in a Storm off a Rocky Coast with a Castle Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"An Indiaman and a Royal Yacht in a Storm off a Rocky Coast with a Castle Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: An Indiaman and a Royal Yacht in a Storm off a Rocky Coast with a Castle

An interpretation of a storm scene depicting a ship of the Honourable East India Company and a gaff-rigged royal yacht. They are being tossed in a stormy sea, under a lowering sky to the left. The Indiaman is depicted pitched at an angle, stern visible and slightly to starboard, with its sails lowered and rocks close by on the left. Land and a fortification is visible in the distance to the left, possibly one of the Channel Islands, Monamy's family home. The darkness of the sea in the foreground is relieved by the patch of light in the centre of the painting highlighting the royal yacht, seen in starboard-broadside view. With an ornately carved stern, it flies the common tricolour pennant from the mast. Figures depicted on deck attend to the sails, demonstrating the method of heaving-to in a storm in smack-rigged yachts.

Monamy, a self-taught artist, was influenced by van de Velde the Younger, and may have worked in his studio. The painting is signed 'P. Monamy'.

An Indiaman and a Royal Yacht in a Storm off a Rocky Coast with a Castle
Date early 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719727
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Painting: 850 x 1050mm; Frame: 953 mm x 1156 mm x 78 mm; Overall weight: 17 kg;
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC1012
Notes Signed.
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Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12504
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Acquisition Number: OP1959-11
id number: BHC1012
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