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Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth)
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Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth)

A Royal Navy frigate anchored off Harwich and preparing to get underway, with another frigate and coastal craft astern of her

Closed5 June 2014

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Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth)
A Royal Navy frigate anchored off Harwich and preparing to get underway, with another frigate and coastal craft astern of her
signed and dated 'T Luny 1777' (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 x 57 ½ in. (83.8 x 146 cm.)

Specialist note

Thomas Luny first exhibited in 1777, at the age of eighteen, and at the time was living with, and apprenticed to, Francis Holman (1729-1790). Luny's early style very much imitated that of Holman, and his master's influence is certainly in evidence in the present work.