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Richard Paton (1717-91)
The Dockyard at Deptford c.1770-75
Oil on canvas | 102.1 x 147.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405164
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This is one of five views of royal dockyards (RCIN 401526, 401543, 405164, 405165 and 405166) executed by Paton with figures by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779). Horace Walpole wrote on 17 February 1775 that Paton had showed 'views of the royal dockyards at Deptford and Chatham' to the King at Buckingham House and that the King was pleased to 'express satisfaction at his performance'. This view of Deptford docks looks down the river towards the church of St. Alphege and Greenwich Hospital; a royal yacht is firing a salute and a barge, flying the Royal Standard, is apparently returning to it.
Provenance
Presumably painted for George III; first recorded at Hampton Court in 1842; in the Ante Room next to the Queen's Guard Chamber at Hampton Court in 1861 (no 1000)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
102.1 x 147.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
130.4 x 175.5 x 9.2 cm (frame, external)
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