File:A Frigate Coming to Anchor in the Mersey RMG BHC1153.tiff
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Robert Noir: A Frigate Coming to Anchor in the Mersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Robert Salmon |
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creator QS:P170,Q1722657 |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | marine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: A Frigate Coming to Anchor in the Mersey An early work by the artist, painted when he was living and working in Liverpool. It is set in the Mersey, looking directly upstream from the river mouth. Perch Rock Fort is shown in the distance to the left of centre with the Bootle shore to the right. In the centre, in a choppy sea, a frigate is shown coming to anchor, close-hauled under shortened sail and flying the 1801-pattern blue ensign. In the distance on the left a naval squadron of the white is already at anchor. The first of these, immediately beyond the frigate's bow, flies the 1801white ensign. The artist has created a sensation of movement in the choppy water by showing spray at the frigate's bow. Figures can be seen on its pitching deck and the sense of movement is reinforced by the angle of the small craft in the right foreground, where the man on the right has his leg fully extended to brace himself. Using a fresh approach the artist has adopted motifs from the Dutch tradition of marine painting, such as the floating spar in the foreground. Technical accuracy and careful delineation are informed by personal experience and intimate knowledge of the sea. This has led to the assumption that Salmon probably supplemented his income as an artist by working in shipping or related industry. He was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, where his family probably worked as mariners. He moved to London in the late 1790s and then to Liverpool in 1806. In 1828 he left England for Boston, Massachusetts, where he became a successful painter of marine views, ranging from small panels and canvases to theatrical moving panorama scenes. He returned to Europe about 1840 and died between 1848 and 1851, though where is uncertain. The painting is signed and dated 'R.S. 1802', the year that Salmon first exhibited at the Royal Academy. |
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Date |
1802 date QS:P571,+1802-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Frame: 604 mm x 852 mm x 47 mm;Painting: 490 x 740 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC1153 |
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Notes | Signed and dated 1802. Acquisition method: vote. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12645 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. 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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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: OP1965-14 id number: BHC1153 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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