Samuel Atkins (

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1787–1808), was a British marine painter. Atkins contributed to the

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between 1787 and 1796. From 1796 to 1804 he was in the

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, when he returned to England, and continued to exhibit until 1808. He worked in oil and

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. The water-colour collections of

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and the

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have each an example of his work. It is rather early in manner, low in tone, quiet, and truthful. A picture of ‘Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover,’ has been engraved after him by R. and D. Havell. Nagler attributes to this Samuel Atkins the originals of two engravings of sea-subjects after ‘— Atkins:’ ‘Ships in Sight of Harbour,’ engraved in aquatint by H. Merke; and ‘A Sea Piece,’ by F. Janinet. A water-colour drawing also, ‘Seascape with Ships,’ he gives to this painter.

Gallery

File:Unidentified Royal Navy frigate or sloop of war.jpg, Unidentified Royal Navy frigate or sloop of war (ca 1787-1800), in the collection at the

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File:Unidentified British Naval ship.jpg, Unidentified British Naval ship in the collection at the

File:Brig in a breeze off a harbor.jpg, Brig in a breeze off a harbor in the collection at the

File:Samuel Atkins - The East Indiaman Woodford near Plymouth.jpg, The East Indiaman near Plymouth

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Atkins, Samuel Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 18th-century British painters British male painters 19th-century British painters British marine artists Year of birth uncertain 19th-century British male artists