Research Catalog

Title

The English prize : the capture of the Westmorland, an episode of the grand tour / edited by María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui and Scott Wilcox.

Publication

New Haven : Yale Center for British Art, ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sánchez-Jáuregui, María Dolores.
• Wilcox, Scott, 1952-

Description

xiii, 378 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 32 cm

Summary

"Laden with works of art acquired by young British travelers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Italian port of Livorno before being captured by French naval vessels and escorted to Malaga in southern Spain. The artistic treasures on board were purchased by King Carlos III of Spain, and the majority were deposited in the collections of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. There they resided, unknown, until recent research, using original inventories that survive in the Academia's archives, identified the Westmorland's rich cargo.The English Prize reveals the gripping story of the ship's capture and the disposition of its artistic contents, which included Raphael Mengs's Perseus and Andromeda, Pompeo Batoni's portraits of Frances Bassett and Lord Lewisham, and watercolors by John Robert Cozens. This volume illuminates the cultural phenomenon of the Grand Tour and the young travelers who acquired the trove of books and art works on board the Westmorland but were never able to enjoy their purchases"--

Donor/Sponsor

Gift in memeory of Payne Whitney.

Subject

• Westmoreland (Ship)
• Art treasures in war > Europe > History > 18th century
• Art > Collectors and collecting > History > Great Britain > 18th century
• Grand tours (Education)
• Travelers > Italy > 18th century

Note

• Issued in connection with an exhibition held May 17-Aug. 27, 2012, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and Oct. 4, 2012-Jan. 13, 2013, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQG 12-468

ISBN

• 9780300176056 (hardback)
• 0300176058 (hardback)

LCCN

2011049266

OCLC

759174459

Title

The English prize : the capture of the Westmorland, an episode of the grand tour / edited by María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui and Scott Wilcox.

Imprint

New Haven : Yale Center for British Art, ©2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Sánchez-Jáuregui, María Dolores.

Wilcox, Scott, 1952-

Research Call Number

JQG 12-468