HMS Barfleur
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Painting. [Model of HMS] BARFLEUR. / 2nd. Rate 90 Guns. [Bow view]. / [bl] I BINMER D. ; [br] IOSU MARSHALL P. 1774. - 1774. - Oil on panel, 75x104.5cm in gilt frame, 92x125x7.5cm. - 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 Thomas Slade; built Chatham Dockyard; launched 30 July 1768; 90 guns 2nd Rate; broken up Chatham, September 1819
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- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1864-11/1
- Materials:
- oil paint on panel
- Measurements:
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frame: 920 x 1250 x 75 mm
image: 750 mm x 1045 mm
- type:
- oil painting
- credit:
- Gift of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
