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A group of ships belonging to the East India Company are shown in fair weather with Table Mountain, Cape Town, in the background on the right. The ship on the right is shown in starboard and stern view with men in the rigging preparing to lower her sails. The one in the centre is in starboard-broadside view. She flies the red ensign from the peak and signal flags and pennants from her three mastheads. She is firing a salute to indicate that the small fleet is preparing to enter Cape Town. The one on the left, painted as a two-decker warship, is shown in starboard-bow view and also flies the red ensign. Another can be seen beyond her. The basis for the identification of the ships derives from the painting's received title and it is currently unclear. The one in the centre is presumed to be the 'Scaleby Castle' and that on the right the 'Charles Grant'. The 'two-decker' may in fact be a Royal Naval vessel, as it appears, with the 'Minerva' beyond.
Title
The East Indiamen 'Minerva', 'Scaleby Castle' and 'Charles Grant'
Date
1820
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 81.3 x W 124.5 cm
Accession number
BHC3492
Work type
Painting