The Wreckers

George Morland (English, 1763–1804)

1791

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions103.8 x 139.4 cm (40 7/8 x 54 7/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William A. Coolidge

Accession number1993.41

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1864, with H. Hasket Smith, Esq., Trowswell, Goudhurst; May 28, 1864, H. Hasket Smith sale at Christie's, London, bought in; May 9, 1896, Smith sale, Christie's, London, lot 101, to Frazer for 520 guineas. 1908, with Barnett Lewis [see note 1]; March 3, 1930, Lewis sale, Christie's, London, lot 113 to Blaker for £441. By 1933, with Dudley Tooth, London; 1933, sold by Dudley Tooth to a relative of Ogden Phipps [see note 2]; subsequently given to Phipps as a gift; acquired from Ogden Phipps by William A. Coolidge (b. 1901 - d. 1992), Topsfield and Cambridge, MA [see note 3]; 1993, bequest of William A. Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 27, 1993)

NOTES:
[1] Lent by Lewis to the Franco- British Exhibition, no. 20.
[2] See copy of William A. Coolidge writings in MFA curatorial file, stating that the painting was purchased by an "English relative" of Ogden Phipps and given to him as a wedding gift.
[3] Coolidge acquired the painting from Phipps, according to his writings.