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Description: | Oil on canvas. The central ship in this painting carries both male and female passengers (the latter wearing coloured bonnets and shawls). Several men are working on the rigging of both this vessel and the ship to the right. Large red ensigns, the official maritime indication of British nationality, fly from the stern of the large ships. In the foreground, seagulls are seen in or just above the water. The ships sail off the coast of Dover and, in the background above the white cliffs, Dover Castle and the town of Dover can be made out.
Similar views of shipping off the coast of Dover were painted by earlier marine painters, including Charles Brooking (1723-1759), Francis Swaine (c.1719-1782) and Francis Holman (died 1790), and may have influenced the artist of this work, William John Huggins. | Subjects: | flag topography seascape/coastal scene ensign (ship) ship cliff wave | Temporal: | 1821 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | William John Huggins | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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