PrintsFrench18th century

Storm at Sea with Shipwreck

c. 1760

Artists

Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste de PoillyArtist

Claude-Joseph VernetArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 40 × 59.5 cm (15 3/4 × 23 7/16 in.) Plate: 44.5 × 61 cm (17 1/2 × 24 in.) Sheet: 47.7 × 65 cm (18 3/4 × 25 9/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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