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Robert Strickland Thomas: HMS 'Britannia' Entering Portsmouth Harbour  wikidata:Q50856528 reasonator:Q50856528
Artist
Robert Strickland Thomas  (1787–1853)  wikidata:Q18600471
 
Alternative names
R. S. Thomas; R.S. Thomas
Description painter and naval officer
Date of birth/death 1787 Edit this at Wikidata 1853 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q18600471
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Author
Lieutenant Robert Strickland Thomas
Title
HMS 'Britannia' Entering Portsmouth Harbour Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"HMS 'Britannia' Entering Portsmouth Harbour Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"HMS 'Britannia' Entering Portsmouth Harbour Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: HMS 'Britannia' Entering Portsmouth Harbour

Ship portrait. A portrait of the Britannia, broadside to port, entering Portsmouth Harbour. The buildings of Portsmouth Dockyard can be seen in the distance to the left and on the far right on either side of the harbour wall. In the foreground are several small boats with men variously occupied attending to them. A ship at anchor can be seen in the distance on the left. A yacht with a crowded deck is visible on the right. There is a barrel in the water on the left.

Built in 1820, the 'Britannia' returned from the Mediterranean in 1835. From 1836, she was flagship at Portsmouth and remained there until she went out of commission from 1842. The artist learned to paint while he was serving in the Royal Navy. He later took up painting as a profession to augment his half pay and concentrated on Royal Naval subjects.

R.S. Thomas was a lieutenant but was forced by deafness to give up active service in 1814. He is known to have been living in Portsmouth in the early 1840s.

'HMS Britannia' Entering Portsmouth Harbour
Date 1836
date QS:P571,+1836-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Painting: 457 x 685 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
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BHC3745
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Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15218
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