Perspective drawing of a Navy Board style model of the 'Royal George' showing the starboard side from the stern. The model is fitted with three stump-masts; channels and deadeyes; and gun ports. There is an entry port shown amidships. At the stern, 'Royal George' is painted across the counter, and is decorated with high relief carvings showing hercules on the starboard quarter; a crowned bust of King George III is shown on the taffrail, supported by numerous classical figures, caryatids, and putti. The framing of the model, which is shown exposed below the main wale, is stylized with every other futtock omitted in the standard Navy Board style. Below the keel, faint outlines of turned pillars are showned in pen, along with a baseboard. The hind legs of the equestrian figurehead can just be seen at the bow. The drawing is gridded, and is a formidable piece of draughtsmanship, probably carried out by Joseph Williams or John Binmer, as part of a study for the painting of the 'Royal George' by Joseph Marshall (BHC3603) commissioned by Lord Sandwich for George III in 1773. This drawing is done over a numbered grid system, which allowed for an accurate perspective drawing of the model. The accuracy of the depiction was crucial to the commission, the aim of which was to inform the King about Royal Navy ships and shipbuilding. At first a pencil outline would be drawn over the grid, then inked in outline, followed by a grey wash to give the drawing depth and shadow. It is probable that Williams or Binmer worked from the model itself, but would likely have had access to the plans of the ship to ensure accuracy. Written sometime after 1782, along the bottom in pen is "His Majesty Ship Royal George of 100 Guns 900 men upset at Spithead whilst careening near seven Hundred Souls perished", which refers to the loss of that ship at Spithead in 1782.