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Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867)
Portsmouth Harbour Signed and dated 1831
Oil on canvas | 95.0 x 143.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404789
Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867)
Portsmouth Harbour Signed and dated 1831
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The painting depicts the mouth of Portsmouth harbour. On the right is the dome of St Thomas's church; in the centre is the Semaphore Tower, Saluting Battery and Round Tower; on the left is Blockhouse Point and Gosport. In the middle of the painting, inside the harbor, the Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship, can be seen and a frigate in full sail is leaving the harbour.
King William had seen Stanfield's large picture of St Michael's Mount at the Royal Academy in 1830 and as a result had commissioned the artist to paint this view of Portsmouth harbour and the ceremony of the opening of the new London Bridge (RCIN 404711).
Signed and dated: C. Stanfield 1831.Provenance
Commissioned by William IV; recorded in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace in 1869
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Oil on canvas
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95.0 x 143.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
129.7 x 178.4 x 9.50 cm (frame, external)
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