File:HMS 'Alexandra' at Malta RMG BHC3183.tiff
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Summary
Giancinto Gianni: HMS 'Alexandra' at Malta
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| Author |
Giancinto Gianni |
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| Title |
HMS 'Alexandra' at Malta  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: HMS 'Alexandra' at Malta A depiction by a Maltese artist of the Mediterranean fleet at Malta. It shows the flagship, the white-painted 'Alexandra' flying the St George's flag at the main, a white ensign at the stern and a Union jack on the end of her bowsprit. She has the battleship 'Dreadnought' under her bow and the 'Colossus' on her left. The Commander-in-Chief at the time was HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the fifth son of Queen Victoria. In this image of a Mediterranean port, the ships are arranged horizontally along the picture. Valletta is shown in the background and several small craft in the foreground convey people around the harbour. The two boats on the left are Maltese dghaisas, the one on the right a naval ship's launch. Gianni was a Maltese artist working in the second half of the 19th century, and the Duke of Edinburgh's steward bought this painting from him. He executed many similar commissions for British naval officers. |
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| Date | 1888 | ||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 432 x 1219 mm | ||||||||||||||||
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BHC3183 |
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| Notes | This item will need its condition activity updated. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14656 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: OP1964-39 id number: BHC3183 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||
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| current | 15:11, 22 September 2017 |  | 7,200 × 2,505 (51.6 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1888), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14656 #1229 |
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