1588

1912

Not on view

A Spanish galleon, with its stern high in the air, is drifting sideways at the mercy of a storm near a rocky coast. The artist noted on one of the trial proofs that the subject represents a ship of the Spanish Armada - the Santa Caterina - going on the rocks at Collieston, a small coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Beyond a gully to the left, a small group of people is watching the doomed ship.

Artwork Details

Title: 1588
Artist: James McBey (British, Newburgh 1883–1959 Tangier)
Date: 1912
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Dimensions: Plate: 7 7/16 × 12 in. (18.9 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet (irregular): 9 15/16 × 16 9/16 in. (25.2 × 42.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.780
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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