File:The East Indiaman 'Princess Royal' RMG BHC3564.tiff
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John Cleveley the Elder: The East Indiaman 'Princess Royal'
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| Author |
John Cleveley, the Elder |
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The East Indiaman 'Princess Royal'  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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marine art |
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| Description |
English: The East Indiaman 'Princess Royal' The artist John Cleveley the Elder adopted a conventional formula for this ship portrait showing the vessel both from its starboard side and its stern off the English coast and a fortified harbour town. An alternative title for this painting is 'The East Indiaman Princess Royal shown in two positions off Sheerness', and it is dated to 1770. The 499-ton ‘Princess Royal’ undertook two voyages for the East India Company both of which visited China. The first took place between 1770–71, the second between 1772–74. The owner of the vessel was Alexander Hume while the captain on both voyages was Robert Ker. Charles Hardy indicates that a vessel with the same name, captain and owner undertook two further voyages between 1777 and 1781, however the tonnage of that vessel was recorded as 864 tons. John Cleveley came from an English family of painters. He was born and died in Southwark, London and did not become a professional painter until the late 1740s. He lived and worked in part of the Royal Dockyard, in Deptford, London, which he frequently included in his paintings. His work combined depictions of people with topographical accuracy and architectural detail, and displayed considerable knowledge of shipbuilding. He was an early exhibiter at the Free Society of Artists in London, and two of his three sons, John Cleveley the Younger and his twin brother, Robert Cleveley also became painters after working in Deptford's Royal Dockyard. |
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| Date | 1770 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 750 x 1115 mm; Frame: 938 x 1281 x 103 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC3564 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated in lower left J. Cleveley 177(3?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15037 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Acquisition Number: 1931-32 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P126, 134 id number: BHC3564 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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