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It depicts the dockyard from the Rochester side of Whitehall Creek although the river is shown opened out to suggest closer proximity to the sea.
A View of Chatham Dockyard by Elias Martin, 1777 - 1778
© The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Details
- Category:
- Topographical
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas Dimensions: 148 x 240 cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £25,000 ( Total: £144,000)
- Acquired in:
- 1993
- Vendor:
- Carlton Hobbs
One of a small number of views showing the dockyard in the period before the Napoleonic Wars.
Provenance
Gustav Trolle Bonde collection, Theleborg, Sweden; sold Bukovsky's, Stockholm, 1989.
Venue details
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Dock Road, Chatham
Kent
ME4 4TZ
01634 823807
www.thedockyard.co.uk
Entry details
Free entry with National Art Pass (standard entry charge is £17.50)
16 Feb – 1 Dec
Open daily, 10am – 4pm (6pm during British Summer Time)