Not on display
- Artist
- John Brett 1831–1902
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 1054 × 2121 mm
frame: 1460 × 2530 × 140 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1880
- Reference
- N01617
Display caption
This view was painted near Tenby in Pembrokeshire, but its title implies that the world’s oceans are part of Britain’s colonial possessions, a popular idea at the height of the British Empire. The money Brett earned from the sale of this painting helped him to buy his own hundred-foot yacht.
Gallery label, May 2007
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