Important Maritime Art from the Collection of Peter V. Guarisco

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Lot 10
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Peter Monamy

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Peter Monamy
  • The Katherine and the Royal Caroline in choppy seas
  • oil on canvas
  • 27 1/2 by 39 in.
  • 69.9 by 99.1 cm

Provenance

The St. James Gallery of Art, London
Sale: Christie's, New York, October 12, 1989, lot 119

Catalogue Note

This dramatic scene depicts the violent storm which nearly shipwrecked King George I, aboard the Royal Caroline, on his return voyage from Hanover in 1726.