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A Small Shipyard on the Thames

Francis Holman (1729–1784)

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A Small Shipyard on the Thames

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Two ships are shown under construction in the yard, one in a wet dock and the other a dry dock. Small yards, such as this, were privately owned, and produced coastal craft and merchant ships. Some received contracts to build brigs and sloops for the navy, allowing the naval dockyards to concentrate on the construction of larger ships. Francis Holman was an important eighteenth-century marine artist working in London. He often depicted scenes of the working river, like this view of a small Thames-side shipyard, which is probably somewhere along the Rotherhithe waterfront.

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Title

A Small Shipyard on the Thames

Date

c.1774–1784

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 87.5 x W 146 cm

Accession number

BHC1059

Work type

Painting

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Francis Holman

1729–1784

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