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Morning. A Lugger Close on a Wind; and an Indiaman Preparing to Weigh
Tinted aquatint after Joseph Cartwright, engraved by Robert Havell & Son and published by Dean & Son, 1821.
Catalogue record
- Title
- Morning. A Lugger Close on a Wind; and an Indiaman Preparing to Weigh
- Creator / artist
- Joseph Cartwright (1789–1829)
- Engraver / lithographer
- Robert Havell / Robert Havell & Son
- Printer
- Not presently identified
- Publisher
- London — Dean & Son, Threadneedle Street
- Date
- May 2, 1821
- Medium
- Aquatint, tinted
- Dimensions
- COLLECTION COPY — RESEARCH ONGOING: pending direct measurement. REFERENCE COPY (Royal Museums Greenwich): sheet 270 × 352 mm; plate 263 × 347 mm.
Inscriptions
“MORNING. — A Lugger Close on a Wind; and an Indiaman preparing to weigh.” “From an original drawing by J. Cartwright Esq.” “Engraved by Robt. Havell & Son.”
Verso markings
COLLECTION COPY — RESEARCH ONGOING: no verso markings recorded to date.
Provenance
Private Havell Collection.
Research notes
The scene depicts a lugger close-hauled on the wind with an East Indiaman preparing to weigh. Printer not presently identified. Collection-copy dimensions pending direct measurement.
Museum comparisons
REFERENCE COPY: Royal Museums Greenwich, object PAF5016 — sheet 270 × 352 mm; plate 263 × 347 mm.
References
Royal Museums Greenwich, object PAF5016.