File:William Denny, 1847-1887 RMG BHC2655.tiff
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Norman Macbeth: William Denny, 1847-1887
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William Denny, 1847-1887  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||
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portrait |
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| Description |
English: William Denny, 1847-1887 William was the eldest son of Peter Denny (1821–95) (BHC2654) and was the family’s most innovative member. He pioneered steel shipbuilding which culminated in the construction of the ‘Rotomahana’ (1879), the first ocean-going steel ship. He persuaded his father to build the first commercial test tank in the world in order to enhance the quality and efficiency of the company’s ship’s hulls. The portrait which is signed and dated ‘Norman Macbeth 1888’ is posthumous as Willam Denny had committed suicide in Buenos Aires the previous year, after a series of breadowns and ill health. Norman Macbeth (1821–88) was a Royal Scottish Academician (RSA) who specialized in presentation portraits for institutions. He had portrait practices in Greenock, Glasgow and, from 1861, Edinburgh. |
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| Date | 1888 | |||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 1270 mm x 1023 mm x 28 mm | |||||||||||||||||||
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BHC2655 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated 1888. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14129 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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 | Acquisition Number: OP1964-27 id number: BHC2655 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||
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