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A Danish ship and other vessels becalmed  wikidata:Q50900743 reasonator:Q50900743
Author
William McAlpine
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Title
A Danish ship and other vessels becalmed Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"A Danish ship and other vessels becalmed Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"A Danish ship and other vessels becalmed Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A Danish ship and other vessels becalmed

An atmospheric painting showing a Danish ship with other vessels, becalmed. Flying the Danish flag from the stern she is shown starboard bow view with her sails down. A number of figures are visible on board and several small boats are active around her as she waits for wind in order to set sail. To the left two other ships are in the same predicament, the ship furthest left has parts of her masts missing. Other shipping can be seen in the distance on the right. In the foreground are several floating barrels or buoys, on the left is a small rowing boat, and on the right a small fishing boat. The two figures on board are busy with their nets.

The artist has been influenced by the work of J. M. W. Turner in his use of vivid colour and dissolved form amidst a seascape. Little is known about the painter William McAlpine who was active between 1840-80 and has signed this image ‘McAlpine’.

A Danish ship and other vessels becalmed
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Frame: 643 mm x 1000 mm x 70 mm;Painting: 457 mm x 825 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC2479
Notes Signed.
References
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13953
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The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright.
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Acquisition Number: OP1981-4
id number: BHC2479
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