File:A Swim-Headed Barge RMG BHC1272.tiff
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Summary
James Webb: A Swim-Headed Barge
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A Swim-Headed Barge  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Description |
English: A Swim-Headed Barge A coastal scene showing a swim-headed Thames barge in port-bow view. Thames barges, used in that river and trading to estuaries and other ports on the adjoining east coast, had a flat bottom for working in shallow water, putting ashore and carrying a substantial cargo. The sloping 'swim-head' bow of this type made them fairly dry seagoing vessels in choppy water. This one is gaff-rigged with a gaff topsail, the port leeboard is visible and the identifying number '80' is painted on the mainsail. Several figures are visible on the deck. The white cliffs of the English coast are visible on the left and other shipping is at anchor in the distance. What appear to be the ribs of a shipwreck on a shoal are on the left. In the foreground on the right three figures wearing red caps are shown in a small boat. The artist was born and worked mainly in London and produced dramatic coastal scenes. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1853 and 1888. The painting is signed and dated 'James Webb 1861'. |
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| Date | 1861 | |||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 260 x 420 mm; Frame: 410 x 575 x 75 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC1272 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated lower left: James Webb 1861. Acquisition: in memory of his father. | |||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12763 | |||||||||||
| 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: OP1960-7 id number: BHC1272 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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| current | 08:28, 18 September 2017 |  | 3,802 × 2,388 (25.98 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1861), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12763 #942 |
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