Attributed to William Anderson(British, 1757-1837)Blackett's Yard on the Isle of Dogs, with a Danish flute lying in the river and a distant view of Greenwich beyond 58.4 x 81.3cm. (23 x 32in.)
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Find your local specialistAttributed to William Anderson (British, 1757-1837)
oil on canvas
58.4 x 81.3cm. (23 x 32in.)
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Provenance:
Christie's, 25th. November 1977, lot 57 purchased by the present owner.
The River Thames was at the heart of the nation’s shipbuilding industry for almost four centuries, from the early sixteenth century until the outbreak of the Great War. Not only did the banks of the river support four naval dockyards but the area was also home to over one hundred and sixty private yards which, it has been estimated, built something like 5,000 ships from 1512 to date. The distinctive horseshoe of the Isle of Dogs became one of the busiest centres for shipbuilding once the excavation of the docks had improved drainage during the second quarter of the nineteenth century but there had nevertheless been significant activity before then and Blackett’s Yard was one of the early pioneers.
A flute [or fleute] was a common form of elongated shallow-draughted trading vessel developed in Northern Holland at the end of the sixteenth century. Rapidly adopted all over western Europe thanks to its ease of handling, it remained one of the most widespread ship types until well into the eighteenth century.
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