Shipping near Dover

Shipping near Dover

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Reference

2605

Samuel Owen (1768-1857)
Shipping near Dover

Signed on plank lower centre: S OWEN 1827
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour
13.6 by 20.8 cm., 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 in.

Provenance:
Private collection, UK

Owen specialised in painting marine subjects but was less concerned with the accuracy of his depiction and more with the atmosphere and mood of his subject matter. Many of his watercolours were reproduced as engravings.