Launch of the Royal George, 120 guns, from Chatham Dockyard

Medium includes graphite. The full inscription by Chambers reads ' Launch of the Royal George, 120 guns, from Chatham Dockyard, / in presence of the Lord High Admiral & the Duchess of Clarence / Sketched on the spot by G Chambers'. In fact, by 1827 Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence (subsequently William IV from 1830), was no longer Lord High Admiral, a post he only held from 1820 to 1823.

Object Details

ID: PAF5601
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Chambers, George
Vessels: Royal George 1827 [HMS]
Date made: 1827
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 231 x 421 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 556 mm