English School 19th Century

English School 19th Century
HMS Royal George at anchor in a naval dockyard, probably Portsmouth, with other elements of the fleet close by
Oil on canvas
101.1 x 126.1cm; 39¾ x 49¾in, framed as an oval

This work depicts the famous flagship Royal George, completed for sea in 1756, but which foundered at Spithead on 29^th August 1782 with the loss of hundreds of lives in the worst peacetime disaster in the history of the Royal Navy.