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Description: | A depiction of English shipping becalmed. A flagship is depicted to the left, flying the Union flag and the red ensign. To the right a yacht, in port-broadside view, is flying the red ensign and a pennant, and is saluting. Further right is another ship in port-broadside view and also flying the ensign and pennants. On the far right the entrance to a harbour is indicated in the foreground. There are figures variously occupied on the foreshore, including several who stand near their beached boat and lit brazier. In the central foreground a small craft prepares to come ashore and one man is carrying passengers ashore on his back. On the left, two men are busy with a fishing net in the water and beyond them is a variety of other shipping, with land in the far distance. The painting is diffused by the golden glow of the sunset.
Monamy, a self-taught artist, was influenced by van de Velde the Younger, and may have worked in his studio.
Apparently signed but not visible. Acquisition: presented through National Art Collections Fund.
caption: An English Flagship and Other Vessels Becalmed at Sun Down
caption: Conservation Images (scanned from b/w polaroid shot by E.Hamilton-Eddy) - BHC1010 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Peter paintings Monamy | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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