The 'Britannia' (Br, 1682)
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The 'Britannia' (Br, 1682)
One of a pair of large drawings of ships in isometric perspective (the other being a portrait of the 'Lenox' third rate, PAJ2427), made probably on the occasion of the launch of the 'Royal Sovereign' at Chatham in 1684. The 100-gun first rate 'Britannia' was built in 1682 and rebuilt in 1700. The drawing is a port bow view, allowing a concentrated focus on the figurehead, in the form of the king on horseback riding over a winged dragon.
Willem van de Velde, the Elder
Original size: 450 mm x 599 mm
- Image reference: PZ7581
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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