. English: This ship portrait shows the vessel in two positions, port-broadside and port-quarter in the distance. She is called a snow rather than a brig, because her gaff-sail is laced to a little jigger-mast which is stepped aft of the mainmast. With her jack and commissioning pendant she is clearly naval, presumably a transport or supply vessel bought or hired by the Navy, but not a fighting ship. The background appears to be Tilbury Fort, opposite Gravesend in the Thames. . 1759. Charles Brooking (1723–1759) Description English marine painter Date of birth/death circa 1723 1759 Lo
. English: This ship portrait shows the vessel in two positions, port-broadside and port-quarter in the distance. She is called a snow rather than a brig, because her gaff-sail is laced to a little jigger-mast which is stepped aft of the mainmast. With her jack and commissioning pendant she is clearly naval, presumably a transport or supply vessel bought or hired by the Navy, but not a fighting ship. The background appears to be Tilbury Fort, opposite Gravesend in the Thames. . 1759. Charles Brooking (1723–1759) Description English marine painter Date of birth/death circa 1723 1759 Location of birth/death London London Authority control : Q5075815 VIAF:?71258959 ISNI:?0000 0000 6708 4596 ULAN:?500005055 LCCN:?nr92042770 WGA:?BROOKING, Charles WorldCat A naval snow
Size: 2460px × 2031px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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