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Ship portrait. The 'Venus' - which has the characteristics of a Thames or coastal passenger steamer and her name on the paddle-box - is shown in starboard-broadside view off low white cliffs, with a building that may be church on high ground to the right and a small port below. The location is not yet identified but likely to be in the Thames estuary, possibly Margate. If that is the case it must be a fairly early morning scene with the sun low towards the south-east. There is a Royal Naval cutter to the right and a merchant brig to the left and other crafty beyond the bow of 'Venus'. Heavy smoke rises from a fire of some sort on land to the left where houses are also visible.
Depiction association: name on vessel. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | paintings Venus 1852 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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