Watercolour and graphite on paper
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Pilot Boat
Purchased 1930
boat, sailing
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
transport: water
<p>Dadd had an obsession with boats, probably relating to his upbringing in the maritime town of Chatham in Kent. His paternal grandfather spent sixty years of his life working as a timber master in Chatham dockyard. As a youth, Richard Dadd made studies of the River Medway and its shipping which served as the basis for later compositions. During his confinement he produced a number of exquisite studies of boats, all of which were drawn from memory.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2007</em></p>
paper unique watercolour graphite
17 November 2006 – 15 October 2007
2007-10-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-11-17
Richard Dadd
Collection based display
27 May 2009 – 17 January 2010
2010-01-17
27 May 2009 – 20 September 2009
2009-09-20
2009-05-27
Sammlung Prinzhorn (Heidelberg, Germany)
14 October 2009 – 17 January 2010
2010-01-17
2009-10-14
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2009-05-27
Richard Dadd 1817 - 1886
Loan-out
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
2011-02-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-02-16
Watercolour
Exhibition
The Pilot Boat
support: 283 × 451 mm
Purchased 1930
<p>Dadd had an obsession with boats, probably relating to his upbringing in the maritime town of Chatham in Kent. His paternal grandfather spent sixty years of his life working as a timber master in Chatham dockyard. As a youth, Richard Dadd made studies of the River Medway and its shipping which served as the basis for later compositions. During his confinement he produced a number of exquisite studies of boats, all of which were drawn from memory.</p>

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boat, sailing sea seascapes and coasts society transport: water