File:Naval Review at Spithead, 1767 RMG BHC0461.tiff
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Summary
Francis Swaine: Naval Review at Spithead, 1767
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Naval Review at Spithead, 1767  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Naval Review at Spithead, 1767 The English painter and draughtsman Francis Swaine was a pupil of Peter Monamy. He worked as a messenger in the Navy Office in 1735 and was practising as a marine painter by the late 1740s. He regularly exhibited in the Free and Incorporated Societies of Artists from 1761. Swaine’s work was an interpretation of formulae made popular in England by Willem van de Velde the Younger, but it shows an informed knowledge of English shipping. In this image of a naval review at Spithead the artist employs bright colours for the depiction of the vessels’ flags and the sailors’ costumes. The sky is rendered in a bright blue with white summer cumulus clouds and the sea shows the artist’s characteristically crisp waves. |
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| Date | 18th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 914 mm x 1549 mm; Frame: 1050 mm x 1690 mm x 60 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC0461 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated 17?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: 1927-119 id number: BHC0461 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 18:29, 27 September 2017 |  | 4,936 × 2,896 (40.9 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11953 #1532 |
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