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Two royal yachts, in port-quarter view, side-by-side. One is ketch-rigged and may be the 'Fubbs' and the other is smack-rigged, possibly the 'Katherine'. The yacht to the left is firing a salute and a number of men can be seen on the decks of both vessels. Numerous other ships are visible in the background to the right. De Man was a Dutch artist who worked in England over the period 1707 to 1720, arriving at about the time of the death of van de Velde the Younger. He worked for some of the time at or near Deptford on the Thames, where nearly all the ships that he portrayed were based. He was a competent and accurate recorder of yachts and shipping familiar in the lower reaches of the Thames in the early years of the eighteenth century. His signature, where it occurs, is 'L.
Title
Royal Yachts, One Ketch Rigged and One Smack Rigged
Date
c.1707–1720
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 27.9 x W 40.6 cm
Accession number
BHC0979
Work type
Painting
