Shipping off Woolwich

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Viewed from Galleon's Point on the north side of the Thames, the 50-gun ship, with the stern of a bomb ketch visible beyond her, is lying at the lower end of Woolwich Reach. Both ships fly the red ensign, and on the larger ship the crew are depicted working on deck. A small craft full of men is rowing towards the ships. A river craft is anchored in the foreground to the left, and in the foreground to the right two figures are depicted talking over a fence. Behind them other shipping is visible and the parish church and the dockyard can be seen on the south bank upstream.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Shipping off Woolwich

Date

1748

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 88.7 x W 123 cm

Accession number

BHC1048

Work type

Painting

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