File:'In Honour of our Queen'- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead, 26 June 1897 RMG BHC0645.tiff
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Charles Dixon: 'In Honour of our Queen': Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead, 26 June 1897
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'In Honour of our Queen': Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead, 26 June 1897  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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marine art |
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| Description |
English: 'In Honour of our Queen': Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead, 26 June 1897 At her Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead on 26 June 1897, Queen Victoria was represented by the Prince of Wales. He was in the Royal yacht 'Victoria and Albert II', which can be seen to the right, flying the Royal standard. The Prince is reviewing the fleet including 21 battleships and 56 cruisers. On the left the 'Renown' leads the line of the Majestic-class battleships. (the ship just behind 'Renown' is possibly either either the 'Devastation' or the 'Thunderer') Contemporary accounts state that when the Royal yacht reached the 'Renown', she anchored and made a signal that the Prince desired on board the presence of all the flag-officers and their immediate members of staffs. A steam-launch, bearing a huge flag at the stern, left the side of each flag-ship, thus, the Prince was able to thank the officers for their part in the event. This steam-launch with its large flag is visible immediately in front of the Royal yacht. On the right are the Russian cruiser 'Rossiya', while the white-hulled American cruiser 'Brooklyn', newly completed, can be seen to the right and rear of the Royal yacht. The Royal yacht also flies the Admiralty fouled anchor flag, and the ships in the review are depicted dressed overall. The review was seen as an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of the nation's sea power and to underscore the significance and responsibilities of Empire. The inclusion of so many battleships was alone seen as confirmation of this supremacy. The masts of the battleships can be seen on the left. Every vessel, as the Prince came abreast of her, played 'God Save the Queen'. The artist was primarily an illustrator who worked for a number of periodicals including the 'Illustrated London News' and 'The Graphic'. This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1898 under the title 'In Honour of our Queen' and purchased for the Museum in 1934 with a letter by Dixon identifying the ships shown. It is signed and dated. |
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| Date | 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 940 x 1854 mm; Frame: 1266 mm x 2186 mm x 162 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC0645 |
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| Notes | It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated; This object was sighted as being on display during the Collections Inventory Project (2001-2005). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12137 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1934-81 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1(S), P4, 28 id number: BHC0645 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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