Calm: An English Ketch Rigged Yacht, thought to be the 'Isabella', with Other Ships and Vessels near the Shore

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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On the right and a little out from the shore is a royal yacht, believed to be the ‘Isabella’, flying the Royal Standard at the masthead. She can be seen firing a salute as a ship’s barge approaches from the left. The ‘Isabella’ was a ketch-rigged yacht built at Greenwich in 1683 by Phineas Pett and was the last he built. The decoration on the yacht above the four stern windows may include a full-length figure of Atlas holding up the middle stern lantern with his left hand. The figures on either side of him may be sea gods and goddesses. In the left foreground there is a small fishing boat at the water’s edge. There are three men on board while two others nearby in the water are hauling a net, the floats of which can be seen to the right.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Calm: An English Ketch Rigged Yacht, thought to be the 'Isabella', with Other Ships and Vessels near the Shore

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 86.5 x W 101.5 cm

Accession number

BHC3422

Work type

Painting

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