How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
A large-scale picture showing several ships of the German High Seas Fleet. The ship on the right is the 'Wittelsbach', which was a pre-Dreadnought battleship built in 1899. That on the left is also one of a pre-Dreadnought-battleship class, either the 'Wettin', 'Zähringen', 'Mecklenburg', or 'Schwaben'. The mast of another ship is in the far distance. All are shown manoeuvring and the ship on the left is firing guns. Brown and grey smoke billows from the funnels as they plough through the waves. The crest of Kaiser Wilhelm II is clearly visible in the stern of the 'Wittelsbach', which flies the German Imperial ensign. In 1900 the German government created the German High Seas Fleet with a view to threatening the British fleet anywhere in the world.
Title
German Fleet Manoeuvres on the High Seas
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 190.5 x W 315 cm
Accession number
BHC0648
Work type
Painting
