The packet 'Princess Amelia'
A primitive and highly stylised portrait of the ‘Princess Amelia’ of Liverpool. She is shown full sail broadside-on. A number of figures can be seen working on the deck and there is coastline with a tower visible in the distance on the left. A smaller single-masted boat is shown on the right of the painting. An inscription ‘Princess Amelia of Liverpool’ is displayed in a banner across the top of the painting.
A ship of this name was wrecked off the coast of Moelfre in 1868.
A ship of this name was wrecked off the coast of Moelfre in 1868.
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Object Details
ID: | BHC3562 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | Painting |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | British School, 19th century |
Vessels: | Princess Amelia (1799) |
Date made: | 19th century |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Frame: 688 mm x 999 mm x 39 mm;Painting: 570mm x 875mm |
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