A Market Boat on the Scheldt
| A Market Boat on the Scheldt | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Clarkson Stanfield |
| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Oil on panel, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 82.9 cm × 124.4 cm (32.6 in × 49.0 in) |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
A Market Boat on the Scheldt is an 1826 oil painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield. A seascape, it depicts a boat on the River Scheldt transporting goods to market.[1] Stanfield had served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and subsequently made his name as a scenic designer at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The work was likely inspired by a trip he had made to the Netherlands in the summer of 1823. He displayed the painting at the British Institution's annual exhibition in London and it was the first one of his pictures to receive critical acclaim.[2]
The painting is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, having been gifted by the art collector John Sheepshanks in 1857.[3]
The same year, Stanfield also produced View on the Scheldt which features a smaller version and an altered composition of the painting, and is also in the museum.[4]
References
- ^ Parkinson pp. 270–71
- ^ Van der Merwe & Took pp. 93–94
- ^ "A Market Boat on the Scheldt". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "View on the Scheldt". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
Bibliography
- Parkinson, Ronald. Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990.
- Van der Merwe, Pieter & Took, Roger. The Spectacular career of Clarkson Stanfield. Tyne and Wear County Council Museums, 1979.