File:A fleet of East Indiamen at sea RMG B3215.tiff
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[edit]Nicholas Pocock: A fleet of East Indiamen at sea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q1859751 |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | marine art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: A fleet of East Indiamen at sea This painting has the alternative title 'Ships of the East India Company at Sea' but was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1803 as 'The Hindostan, G. Millet[t], commander, and senior officer of eighteen sail of East Indiamen, with the signal to wear, sternmost and leewardmost ships first'. (That is, for the fleet to alter course to the opposite tack, in the sequence indicated, with the wind astern.) It is believed to represent the convoy under George Millett, as commodore, during their return voyage from China early in 1802. The 'Hindostan', in the centre, was a large East Indiaman of 1248 tons, built in 1796 to replace a previous vessel of the same name that had been sold to the Navy. The new 'Hindostan' undertook three voyages in the service of the Company, the last being the one illustrated. On 11 January 1803, at the start of a fourth voyage, she was lost during a heavy gale on Margate Sands with up to thirty of her crew. Eleven of the other vessels in the convoy depicted here are known to have reached their moorings in England between 11 and 14 July 1802: the 'Lord Hawkesbury', 'Worcester', 'Boddam', 'Fort William', 'Airly Castle', 'Lord Duncan', 'Ocean', 'Henry Addington', 'Carnatic', 'Hope' and 'Windham'. The other ships have not been identified but are also presumed to have done so. Pocock placed considerable importance on accuracy and he referred to annotated drawings and sketch plans in the production of his oil paintings. He was born and brought up in Bristol and went to sea at the age of seventeen, rising to be the master of several merchant vessels. Although he only took up painting as a profession in his early forties, he became extremely successful, receiving commissions from naval commanders anxious to have accurate portrayals of actions and ships. By the age of eighty Pocock had recorded nearly forty years of maritime history, demonstrating a meticulous understanding of shipping and rigging with close attention to detail. The painting is signed and dated 1803. |
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Date |
1803 date QS:P571,+1803-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Frame: 830 mm x 1130 mm x 120 mm;Painting: 608 x 923 mm;Overall: 22 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC1097 |
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Notes | Signed and dated in lower right sea: Pocock 1803 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12589 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: OP1950-352 id number: BHC1097 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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