The English Ship 'Royal Sovereign' with a Royal Yacht in a Light Air

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To the left is the 'Royal Sovereign' in starboard-quarter view and at anchor. The Royal Standard flies at the main, the Admiralty flag at the fore and the Union flag at the mizzen. She is firing a salute to port and a number of figures are visible on the deck and in the rigging. This 100-gun, first-rate ship was built by Fisher Harding at Woolwich Dockyard in 1701 and she can be identified by the large horse and rider on her taffrail, below the middle lantern. She was regarded as the greatest ship in the world and her decorations were elaborately carved – at such huge expense in fact that the Admiralty thereafter severely restricted the carving that ships were allowed to have, according to their importance. It is possible that this is the scene at Spithead on 4 June 1702 when Prince George of Denmark dined on board the 'Royal Sovereign' with the Duke of Ormonde.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

The English Ship 'Royal Sovereign' with a Royal Yacht in a Light Air

Date

1703

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 180.3 x W 144.7 cm

Accession number

BHC3614

Work type

Painting

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