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| Keywords: St Albans Deptford.jpg Artwork Creator John Cleveley the Elder The painting shows the 'St Albans' 60 guns man-of-war built at the Royal Dockyard Deptford in 1747 It is depicted being floated out of her building dock flying the Admiralty flag the Royal Standard Union flag and a red ensign The building to the left with trees in front of it and a female figure standing in the doorway wearing an apron is the master shipwright's house This was built for the Master Shipwright at Deptford Joseph Allen in 1708 together with the dockyard offices built around 1710 The building to the right with the clock tower and bearing the royal coat of arms on its façade is the Great Storehouse Deptford became the headquarters of naval victualling and supply in 1742 which it remained until after the Second World War To the right a keg is shown being loaded and the artist has included a host of other details and shipping along the quayside together with a variety of figures specifically positioned to draw attention to shipping and other associated activities On the far right a ship in the early stages of construction is visible and on the river small craft pass by including an official barge <ref>http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/12538 html NMM</ref> reflist 1747 oil canvas cm 91 157 National Maritime Museum object history credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London J Clevly P 1747' accession number BHC1046 1 Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia; Original text http //www nmm ac uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore; Original uploader was SilkTork at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia/PaintingDetail cfm ID BHC1046 ; 2008 07 17 original upload date <br/>2 http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/12538 html Royal Museum Greenwich PD-old-100 Original upload log page en wikipedia St_Albans_Deptford jpg 2008-07-17 15 26 SilkTork 700×409× 50582 bytes <nowiki> 'St Albans' Floated out at Deptford 1747 by John Cleveley the Elder http //www nmm ac uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail cfm ID BHC1046 1747 John Cleveley Public domain </nowiki> John Cleveley the Elder Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Economy of London Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom Paintings of the Thames Deptford Dockyard Watercraft on the Thames 18th-century sailing ships in paintings 1747 paintings Port of London in art St Albans ship 1747 Ship launchings London Borough of Lewisham in art Ships in London 1747 in London | ||||
