Fishermen Preparing Boats
Samuel Owen (1768-1857)
Oil on panel
Image Dimensions : 7" x 10" (17.8cm x 25.4cm)
Price : £4,500 £1,600
Samuel Owen Biography
Owen was born about 1769. Nothing is recorded of him before 1791, when he exhibited "A Sea View" at the Royal Academy. This was followed in 1797, after the victory of Cape St. Vincent, by "A View of the British and Spanish Fleets", and, in 1799, by three drawings of the engagement between HMS Director (under Captain Bligh) and Vryheid (Admiral De Winter) in the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797. These, with three other drawings exhibited in 1802 and 1807, complete the number of his exhibits at the Royal Academy.[1]