Captain
Samuel White Sweet
From Sea Captain to Pioneer Photographer: The Life and Legacy of Samuel White Sweet Samuel White Sweet, born in 1825 in the naval district of Portsea, Hampshire, England, embodies a fascinating transition from the rigorous life of a sea captain to that of a pioneering …
A portrait built from Captain Samuel White Sweet's own colours
Every 5 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.