The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, An Episode of the Grand Tour
Maria D(Ed) Alpanes
Laden with works of art acquired by young British travelers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Italian port of Livorno before being captured by French naval vessels and escorted to Malaga in southern Spain. The artistic treasures on board were purchased by King Carlos III of Spain, and the majority were deposited in the collections of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. There they resided, unknown, until recent research, using original inventories that survive in the Academia's archives, identified the Westmorland's rich cargo.
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Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, and the Real Academia de Belles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
Exhibition Schedule:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford(05/09/12-08/29/12)
Yale Center for British Art
(10/03/12-01/20/13)
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Winner of the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize for the Multi-authored category.
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