File:Thomas James RMG BHC2800.jpg
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Summary
Samuel Drummond: Thomas James
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| Title |
Thomas James  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
English: Thomas James A half-length portrait, very slightly to right, in a dark coat and white neckcloth, painted in about 1830. With short white hair, the sitter looks out of the picture space to meet the gaze of the viewer. For many years in the early part of the 19th century James held the position of Master Smith in the Royal Dockyard at Woolwich. The dockyard was founded in 1512, followed by a ropeyard half a mile away in 1610, it was particularly important during the 16th and 17th centuries. But its value gradually declined owing to limited space, facilities and the silting of the Thames. By 1800 it was restricted to shipbuilding; fitting vessels built at Deptford or merchant yards; and refitting small ships from the Nore. In 1839 a steam factory was established at Woolwich. The ropeyard closed 1835 and the yard in 1869. The artist painted several similar portraits subjects such as one of the Harbour Master of Ramsgate which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1832. |
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| Date | circa 1830 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 610 mm x 510 mm; Frame: 798 mm x 701 mm x 93 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2800 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: OP1953-6 id number: BHC2800 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 08:28, 3 October 2017 | | 1,051 × 1,280 (1.29 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1830), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14273 #2176 |
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