File:John Cleveley the Elder - A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks.jpg
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[edit]John Cleveley the Elder: A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q6226369 |
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Title |
A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
The exact location of the shipyard in this painting is unclear but it may be on the south bank of the Thames at Rotherhithe. The ship in the foreground ready for launching is a 24-gun sloop of war, much in use by the Navy for patrolling around coasts in peace and war, and there is another ship in dry-dock to the left under repair with only the lower masts standing. In the foreground to the right some tree trunks are piled ready for use for shipbuilding and behind them two figures sit on ready-sawn planks. In the right forergound there is a small capstan-powered crane overhanging the edge of the wharf. The inclusion of many figures informs the painting and the artist has chosen to include a variety of social types and activities at the dockyard. Several workmen can be seen working on scaffolding under the ship, and there are a number of figures on its deck. A small figure to the far right, which may be a child, appears to be balancing precariously on the rail, one hand on the ensign staff while the other waves a hat. A man to the left holds out his hand in a gesture of warning. Figures appear at all the upstairs windows of the building to the centre left, which may be the master shipwright's house. The sixth-rate is probably about to be launched and flies a Union jack at the bow, a naval pendant on a temporary midships flagmast and a red ensign at the stern.[1]
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Date |
1758 date QS:P571,+1758-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 65.4 cm (25.7 in); width: 128.9 cm (50.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,65.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,128.9U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q1199924 |
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Accession number |
BHC1045 |
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Credit line | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | signed by the artist and is dated 1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Royal Museum Greenwich |
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- John Cleveley the Elder
- Paintings in the National Maritime Museum, London
- River Thames at Rotherhithe in art
- Economic history of London
- Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom
- Ships on the River Thames in London
- 18th-century sailing ships in paintings
- 1758 paintings
- Construction in paintings
- Sixth-rate ships of the British Royal Navy
- 1758 in London