File:Thomas Whitcombe - The East Indiaman "Providence".jpg

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Thomas Whitcombe: English: The East Indiaman "Providence"   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Thomas Whitcombe  (1763–1824)  wikidata:Q2676635
 
Description British painter
Date of birth/death circa 19 May 1763
date QS:P,+1763-05-19T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
 circa 1824
date QS:P,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death London unknown
Work location
Bristol, Wales, Devon, Plymouth, etc.
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artist QS:P170,Q2676635
Title
English: The East Indiaman "Providence"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: A portrait of the East Indiaman ‘Providence', shown in full sail broadside-on. The white cliffs of the English coast are visible in the distance and she is accompanied by other vessels. The ‘Providence’ was constructed in 1807 but did not enter the service of the East India Company until March 1816. The vessel undertook a single voyage to St Helena and China, under the command of Captain Andrew Timbrell Mason, returning to England in August 1817.
Date early 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 76.2 cm (30 in); width: 104.1 cm (40.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,76.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,104.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Accession number
BHC3566
Credit line National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Source/Photographer collections.nmm.ac.uk

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