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Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore: The training ship 'Fisgard' (?) off the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1877  wikidata:Q50892947 reasonator:Q50892947
Artist
Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore  (1853–1901)  wikidata:Q2641020
 
Alternative names
Claude T. Stanfield Moore
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 10 June 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 2 April 1901 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nottingham Nottingham
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creator QS:P170,Q2641020
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Author
Claude T.S. Moore
Title
The training ship 'Fisgard' (?) off the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1877 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The training ship 'Fisgard' (?) off the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1877 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The training ship 'Fisgard' (?) off the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1877 Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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English: The training ship 'Fisgard' (?) off the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1877

This small painting by Claude T. Stanfield Moore (1853-1901) was previously called ' A view of Greenwich in 1877 with the training ship HMS Warspite'. 'Warspite' (a former two-decker reduced to a frigate) was a training ship for the Marine Society from 1862 but, until lost to a fire in 1876, was moored off Woolwich not Greenwich: so was its successor of the same name. It is more likely that the vessel shown is the Leda-class 46-gun frigate 'Fisgard' which from 1848 was the Commodore's guardship at Woolwich but also used to train engineers up to 1862, a function taken over the the Royal Naval College at Greenwich from its inception in 1873. This is one of a number of images of such a ship moored off the College in its early years though details of its use by the College are hard to find. 'Fisgard' was broken up in 1879 but the College had also acquired the flat-iron steam gunboat 'Arrow' and training tender 'Bee' for engineer training in 1875 and - despite its unusual colour scheme- it is just possible the steamer at centre, also moored directly off the Grand Square, is the 'Arrow'. The painting presents a number of other puzzles, since the steps and river wall on the right fronting Grand Square are not accurate, but it gives a lively view of Victorian Greenwich and its busy river life on the commercial highway into the port of London, bathed in eastern morning light. The wooden platform with safety stanchions round it at lower right, carrying a ticket booth and a group of playing musicians, including a fiddler and lady harpist, is the floating landing stage of Greenwich Pier. The people also seated there are presumably passengers awaiting a river steamer. The painting is signed on the gunwale of the Thames sailing barge, shown with its mast lowered, at far left.

View of Greenwich in 1877 Showing the Training Ship HMS Warspite
Date 1877
date QS:P571,+1877-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Painting: 305 mm x 455 mm; Frame: 366 mm x 519 mm x 43 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
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BHC3711
Notes Signed. It is unclear how the date 1877 has been given to the picture, since it is not visible.
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Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15184
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