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Description: | 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. 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. There are a number of ships in the far distance. In the left foreground a ship's boat or barge approaches the 'Sovereign's' stern where there are two other boats on the port quarter and two on the starboard quarter. The ship to the right of the Sovereign in the centre, is one of the ketch-rigged royal yachts, probably the Isabella. A ship's boat or barge is approaching the Royal Sovereign. | Subjects: | marine; history (Royal Soverign); place (Spithead) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Velde, Willem van de, II (Dutch painter, 1633-1707) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8895... | Go to resource |
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