File:Ships Laid Up in the Medway RMG BHC0832.tiff
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anonymous: Ships Laid Up in the Medway | ||||||||||||
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Netherlandish School, 17th century |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: Ships Laid Up in the Medway The canvas shows a view up the Medway as seen from Chatham towards Rochester and taken from a high vantage point. Painted by an unknown artist working in the Dutch style of the 17th century, the painting can probably be dated to around 1675. The stylized rolling Kent countryside on either side of the river is populated with ships of the Royal Navy, laid-up 'in ordinary' (in reserve), upstream of the Royal Dockyard at Chatham, which is out of sight, lower right. In the foreground an official naval barge is crossing the waterway. The Frindsbury Peninsula can be seen in the middle ground on the right. On the left, the scene is framed by an oak tree, which provides the viewer with a landmark to enter the composition visually. Beyond it, across grass with a couple of figures, lie Chatham parish church and private houses, with the hill sloping down towards the river. The only indication of the Dockyard, out of frame lower right, are two sets of tenterhooks used for stretching the canvas needed for making ships' sails in the yard sail-loft, which still exists at the southern end of what is now the Historic Dockyard at Chatham. In the background on the same side of the winding river lies Rochester. Its cathedral and Norman castle, as well as its bridge, are lit by the sunlight entering the composition from the left. |
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Date |
circa 1675 date QS:P571,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting:1000 x 1005mm; Frame: 1166 x 1164 x 85 mm | |||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC0832 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12324 | |||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1932-48 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P39, 223 id number: BHC0832 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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