The Fleet Off the Coast, Beachy Head

c. 1790–1805 Sheet: 34.4 x 48.4 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/16 in.) Source image
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This watercolor depicts the breathtaking headlands of Beachy Head, the highest, most dramatic chalk sea cliffs in the United Kingdom. A marine painter active during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Atkins patriotically associated Britain’s identity with its...

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