File:The paddle steamer ‘British Queen’ RMG BHC3756.tiff
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Summary
anonymous: The paddle steamer ‘British Queen’
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British School, 19th century |
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| Title |
The paddle steamer ‘British Queen’  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Genre |
marine art |
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| Description |
English: The paddle steamer ‘British Queen’ A portrait of the paddle steamer ‘British Queen’ in broadside. Smoke is shown billowing from her stack. The ‘British Queen’ was built in Gainsborough in 1815 and owned by the Gainsborough and Hull United Steam Packet Company where she was a Humber packet boat travelling between Gainsborough and East Hull. By 1829 she was running between Hull and Gainsborough daily. The profile of a queen’s can be seen on the paddle wheel and there is the image of a queen at the figurehead. The artist has focused in detail on the figures on the deck. The costumes of the passengers are carefully shown as well as their activities as they pass the time on board. There are soldiers, couples, women seated, and several men standing raising glasses in a lively scene. Two musicians are shown playing a horn and clarinet. The coastline perhaps showing the Yorkshire side of the Humber can be seen in the background. |
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| Date | 19th century | |||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 874 mm x 998 mm x 78 mm;Painting: 650 mm x 800 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC3756 |
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| Notes | Depiction association: name on lifeboat astern. | |||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15229 | |||||||||||
| 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: 1939-850 id number: BHC3756 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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| current | 14:36, 17 September 2017 |  | 3,800 × 3,042 (33.07 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15229 #864 |
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