The Gallery of HMS Calcutta, James Tissot, oli in canvas, roughly 27 x 36 in (68 x 92 cm). Link os to image file page on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Tate, London.
19th century French painter James Tissot, who was unjustly often dismissed as a shallow chronicler of high society, here demonstrates a mastery of soft light and delicate value relationships in his portrayal of well dressed young people enjoyng the view from a sailing ship’s gallery. Often called a “quarter gallery”, this feature was a kind of balcony or observation deck on the stern of the ship.
