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On the left of the picture, the ship shown in starboard broadside is being launched. It is thought to be the fifth rate, 'Adventure', 44 guns, wearing (from bow to stern) a Union Jack, the Admiralty flag, a royal standard, a Union flag and a white ensign. 'Adventure' was launched on 17 July 1784 and to her right, in the river, a group of small boats centres round what is probably the barge of the Navy Board, with its officers watching the event. The ship on the extreme left, with a covered barge under its bow, is probably the 'Venerable', 74 guns, which had been launched in April 1784. The first and third ships from the right, on the stocks, are two merchantmen, the others warships. Ships had been built at Blackwall since the Middle Ages but it was when it became the East India Company's yard in the early years of the seventeenth century that it expanded to be the premier private yard in the country.
From 1767 Holman exhibited at the Free Society and later at the Royal Academy. He was thoroughly acquainted with ships and ship-building and was the early master of Thomas Luny, another well known marine artist. This painting is one of his last works.
Title
Blackwall Yard from the Thames
Date
1784
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 94 x W 202 cm
Accession number
BHC1866
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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