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| Keywords: John Cleveley the Elder - A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks.jpg Artwork Creator John Cleveley the Elder The exact location of the shipyard in this painting is unclear but it may be on the south bank of the Thames at Rotherhithe The ship in the foreground ready for launching is a 24-gun sloop of war much in use by the Navy for patrolling around coasts in peace and war and there is another ship in dry-dock to the left under repair with only the lower masts standing In the foreground to the right some tree trunks are piled ready for use for shipbuilding and behind them two figures sit on ready-sawn planks In the right forergound there is a small capstan-powered crane overhanging the edge of the wharf The inclusion of many figures informs the painting and the artist has chosen to include a variety of social types and activities at the dockyard Several workmen can be seen working on scaffolding under the ship and there are a number of figures on its deck A small figure to the far right which may be a child appears to be balancing precariously on the rail one hand on the ensign staff while the other waves a hat A man to the left holds out his hand in a gesture of warning Figures appear at all the upstairs windows of the building to the centre left which may be the master shipwright's house The sixth-rate is probably about to be launched and flies a Union jack at the bow a naval pendant on a temporary midships flagmast and a red ensign at the stern <ref>http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/12537 html NMM</ref> reflist 1758 oil canvas cm 65 4 128 9 National Maritime Museum object history credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London signed by the artist and is dated 1758 accession number BHC1045 http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/12537 html Royal Museum Greenwich PD-old-100 John Cleveley the Elder Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Rotherhithe Economy of London Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom Watercraft on the Thames 18th-century sailing ships in paintings 1758 paintings Construction in paintings | ||||
