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Shipping in an Estuary

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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A scene showing an estuary with shipping and land rising up on either side. The land on the far right includes white cliffs rising up towards fields and woods. Several church towers are implied on the skyline and this, with the presence of the white cliffs, indicates this may be the coast of England. The ship on the far right flies the flags of an East Indiaman and the English ensign and her stern bears a crest. In the centre of the estuary is a larger ship flying the standard of James I and similar in appearance to his warship 'Prince Royal'. She is weighing anchor and preparing to get under way firing a salute. She has the figurehead of a man on a white horse carved on the bow. On the left is a third ship port bow view, also at anchor and with men working on her fore sail.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Shipping in an Estuary

Date

1640

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 63.5 x W 104.1 cm

Accession number

BHC0267

Work type

Painting

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