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Foster 59
- Record Id:
- 032-003264613
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264613
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000426
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 59
- Title:
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The 'Earl of Abergavenny', East Indiaman, off Southsea. This vessel (1,200 tons), was wrecked on Portland Shambles in 1805. Artist(s): Luny, Thomas (1759-1837)
- Scope & Content:
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Ship portrait; ‘The Earl of Abergavenny, East Indiaman’, off Southsea, 1801
Inscribed: ‘T Luny, 1801’
34 by 60 ins (86.5 by 152 cms)
Purchased from R. Wordsworth-Smith, 1896
This vessel (1,200 tons), was wrecked on Portland Shambles, 5 February, 1805, with the loss of nearly 300 persons and a cargo valued at £200,000. The captain, who went down with it, was John Wordsworth, younger brother of the poet, who alludes to him in his ‘Lines on’ a ‘picture of Peel Castle in a storm,’ and again in ‘The fir grove path’ and ‘Nature and the’ ‘poet.’ He had previously commanded the same ship in Dance’s action (see F60)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264613
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264613
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1801
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- 1801
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 54
- Exhibitions:
- Trading Places: The East India Company and Asia, British Library, 24 May 2002 - 15 September 2002
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Luny, Thomas, 1759-1837
- Subjects:
- Ships
Transport