File:Escape from the Luxborough galley.jpg
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[edit]John Cleveley the Elder: Escape from the 'Luxborough Galley'
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| Title |
Escape from the 'Luxborough Galley' |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
The captain and twenty-one men and boys escaped in the ship’s boat, called a yawl. They sewed together seamen’s frocks to make a sail which they set on the oars. Some of the crew suffered from exposure and thirst while others keep watch or bale out as they sailed for land. They were adrift for two weeks, during which time some of the crew died. The ‘Luxborough’ galley, captained by William Kellaway, carried slaves for the South Sea Company. She was lost between the Caribbean and England on the third part of the infamous Triangular Trade.[1] |
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| Date | 1760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 49.5 cm (19.4 in); width: 65 cm (25.5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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not on view |
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BHC2387 |
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| Object history | Parker, R. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Greenwich Hospital Collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Signature and date: I.C. 1760
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| Source/Photographer | The yawl of the 'Luxborough' Galley (BHC2385) One of series reproduced at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London NMM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 18:09, 26 November 2011 | | 2,000 × 1,551 (153 KB) | Kekator (talk | contribs) | Proper image |
| 18:07, 26 November 2011 |  | 2,000 × 1,548 (147 KB) | Kekator (talk | contribs) | Higher resolution | |
| 11:50, 17 December 2010 |  | 428 × 332 (22 KB) | Cygnis insignis (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=thumbnail scan of painting depicting sailors escaping a burning ship |Source=The yawl of the 'Luxborough' Galley (BHC2385) One of series reproduced at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London [http://www.nmmprints.com/image.p |
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