Full title The day after the wreck. Dutch East Indiaman on shore in the Ooster Scheldt; Zierikzee in the distance. Oil on canvas (153 x 232.5). Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844 (187) and engraved for Finden's Royal Gallery of British Art, part Xlll, 1847. The picture was dedicated to the King of the Netherlands (Sheffield City Art Galleries). (illustrated in van der Merwe et. al, The Spectacular Career of Clarkson Stanfield 1793-1867 p.169)
Cook and Wedderburn note 'No. 187 in the Academy:"The Day after the Wreck-A Dutch East Indiaman on shore in the Ooster Schelde' ( Works, 3.227).
William Clarkson Stanfield 1793-1867
The Day after the Wreck-A Dutch East Indiaman on Shore in the Ooster Scheldt; Zierikzee in the Distance c.1844
Oil on canvas, 153x232.5cm
Exhibitions: RA 1844 (187); RSA 1845 (346); Manchester Town Hall, 1854 (31)
Provenance: Purchased by E. Bicknall; J.Hogarth, his sale, Christie's, 13/6/1851(96) bt. Grundy (830gns); J.Naylor by 1856; J. Brooks, his sale, Christie's 25/5/1872 (40) bt Agnew (2800gns); for A.Grant; his sale, Christie's, 27/04/1877 (91) bt Agnew (2250gns); Octavius Coope; his sale Christie's 6/5/1910 (35), bt. Permain (490gns); Paul Kuehnrich, who presented it to Sheffield City Art Galleries, 1929
Further Comments: Engraved by J. Cousen for 'Finden's Royal Gallery of British Art' part 13, 1847. Another version is painted in Watercolour, commissioned by Ralph Bernal.
Collection: Sheffield City Art Galleries
For a reproduction of this artistic work, please consult: Van der Merwe, Pieter, The Spectacular Career of Clarkson Stanfield, 1793-1867, (Tyne and Wear County Council Museums, 1979), p.169