The 'victory' is shown centre foreground, in port broadside view, under full sail. The three-decker first-rate astern of her to the right is probably the 'queen charlotte'. This may be an interpretation of the royal review of the grand fleet at spithead on 1 july 1791, when 'the times' records that 'the duke of gloucester preceded by lord hood in his barge went out to spithead'. The picture was exhibited at the royal academy in 1792 as 'his majesty's ship 'victory' sailing from spithead with a division from a grand fleet'. Reading material. Object Type: painting. Date: 1791. Dimensions: height: 85 cm (33.4 in) ; width: 146 cm (57.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted Place: Spithead. Collection: Royal Museums Greenwich. Robert Dodd (1748-1815) - The 'Victory' Sailing from Spithead - BHC3694 - Royal Museums Greenwich
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