Samuel
Atkins
The Quiet Observer of the Eighteenth-Century Sea In the grand, often turbulent tapestry of British maritime art, certain voices emerge not through thunderous drama, but through a profound and steady clarity. Samuel Atkins, a painter whose career flourished between 1787 and 1808, belongs to this …
A portrait built from Samuel Atkins's own colours
Every 19 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.