HMS Portland
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Painting. {Model of HMS] PORTLAND, / 4th: Rate 50 Guns. [Bow view]. / [bl] I. Binmer. D. ; [br] Marshall, Pt. / 1774. - 1774. - Oil on panel, 56.5x76.2x1.2cm in gilt frame, 73.5x92.5x7cm. - Perspective painting at 45 degree angle from Navy Board original plans. - Commissioned in 1773 by King George III as part of a series of paired bow and stern paintings of British warship models, one example of each class of ship in the naval establishment. Ship designed by Sir John Williams; built Sheerness Dockyard; launched 11 April 1770; 50 guns 4th Rate; store ship October 1800; prison hulk January 1802; sold out of the Navy 19 May 1817
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1864-8/1
- Materials:
- oil paint on panel
- Measurements:
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overall: 740 mm x 920 mm x 75 mm,
image: 565 mm x 762 mm x 12 mm,
frame: 735 x 925 x 70 mm
- type:
- oil painting
- credit:
- Gift of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
