Old Masters Day Auction
Old Masters Day Auction
Property from a European Private Collection
Thomas Mellish
London, a view of the Thames at Greenwich with the HMY Royal Caroline
Lot Closed
July 7, 02:35 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Thomas Mellish
active in England 1760 - 1778
London, a view of the Thames at Greenwich with the HMY Royal Caroline
oil on canvas
unframed: 64.8 x 110 cm.; 25½ x 43⅜ in.
framed: 79.5 x 124.8 cm.; 31¼ x 49⅛ in.
In the collection of Stanley Passmore (according to a label on the reverse);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 25 November 1977, lot 53;
With Richard Green, London, 1979;
From whom acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 25 November 1977, lot 53;
With Richard Green, London, 1979;
From whom acquired by the present owner.
London, Guildhall Art Gallery, An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Samuel Scott, c. 1702-1772, 1955, no. 54a (as S. Scott).
The HMY Royal Caroline was commissioned in 1749 and constructed at Deptford Dockyard under the supervision of the Master Shipwright John Hollond. She was one of the principal yachts used for official occasions, and was particularly recorded during the French Revolutionary and later Napoleonic Wars, including carrying King George III to visit the fleet at the Nore after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797. She was eventually broken up in 1820.