The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation

1792–1801

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching with engraving; second state of five
Dimensions: Plate: 16 5/16 × 19 7/8 in. (41.5 × 50.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2020.28
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Barry. The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation. James Barry; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2020. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation — James Barry. 1792–1801.

Medium: Etching with engraving; second state of five. Dimensions: Plate: 16 5/16 × 19 7/8 in. (41.5 × 50.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2020.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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