H.M.S. 'Africain' off Old Cape Comfort (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th century
American
oil on board
Unframed: 14 3/16 × 22 3/16 × 9/16 in. (36.04 × 56.36 × 1.43 cm)
Framed: 17 15/16 × 25 15/16 × 3 3/8 in. (45.56 × 65.88 × 8.57 cm)
71.46.2
Not on view
not signed
Inscribed with "H.M.S. "AFRICAIN" 50 c---. / Capt. Richards. --- Leaving America 1809. / Off Cape Comfort under splain sail. Wind N.E."
Virginiana Fund
Realities, Artmobile exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., September 1982 – June 1985

Realities, Immobile exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., September 1981 – May 1982

American Marine Painting, Artmobile, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., January 1977 – January 1979

American Marine Painting, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., September 27 – October 31, 1976; The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Va., November 8 – December 12, 1976
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