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Shipwreck

Unknown artist, 1815–1825

York Art Gallery, York

In this painting, a sailing vessel has run aground and, to the right, the crew attempt to salvage the wreckage along the sandy shore. This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through the Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.

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Title of artwork, date

Shipwreck, 1815–1825

Date supported

1955

Medium and material

Oil on millboard

Dimensions

30.5 x 40.6 cm

Gifted by

F D Lycett Green

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