Anderson, William (1757 – 1837) – PAIR: Shipping in a Breeze / Shipping in a Calm.

Anderson, William (1757 - 1837)
PAIR: Shipping in a Breeze / Shipping in a Calm. Pencil and watercolour. c.1790. 9.25x13.5 inches. Framed: 15.25x19.25 inches.

Anderson, born in Scotland, was a shipwright before turning to painting. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from the 1780s, capitalising on the popularity of Marine painting during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. These watercolours follow a well-established formula of pairing two similar scenes in different weather conditions. The shipping is Dutch, and we are probably meant to be on the Zuiderzee.

This work appears in the Exhibition: BRITISH WORKS ON PAPER 2025