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This ship portrait shows the vessel in two positions, port-broadside and port-quarter in the distance. She is called a snow rather than a brig, because her gaff-sail is laced to a little jigger-mast which is stepped aft of the mainmast. With her jack and commissioning pendant she is clearly naval, presumably a transport or supply vessel bought or hired by the Navy, but not a fighting ship. The background appears to be Tilbury Fort, opposite Gravesend in the Thames. Most of the artist's extant paintings date from the last six years of his career and are principally marine subject matter. Brooking's reputation as a marine artist was well established by 1755, and although his stylistic range shows the influence of Simon de Vlieger and Willem van de Velde II, his approach was uncompromisingly individualistic.
Title
A Naval Snow
Date
1759
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 63 x W 75.6 cm
Accession number
BHC1021
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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