Lot 58

Thomas Yates
(British, d.1796)
A 16-gun brig at anchor in the Cove of Cork 26.7 x 23.5cm. (10 1/2 x 9 1/4in.)

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27 February 2007, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,200 inc. premium

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Thomas Yates (British, d.1796)

A 16-gun brig at anchor in the Cove of Cork
signed 'T.Yates' and dated 1790 ?(lower right)
oil on canvas laid down
26.7 x 23.5cm. (10 1/2 x 9 1/4in.)

Footnotes

Lieutenant Thomas Yates R.N. passed for a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1782 but it is not clear when he gave up the sea for a career as an artist. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1788 until 1794, his works being rare because of his short working life. He shared a London house with a Miss Jones and in August 1796 they were in dispute about who owned it. After dinner on the afternoon of the 29th. August, Yates took a stroll in the garden and Miss Jones locked him out. As he attempted to climb back in through the kitchen window, a Mr Sellers, who had called in to protect Miss Jones, shot him. At the trial the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter; Sellers was fined one shilling and imprisioned for six months.

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