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KING GEORGE III REVIEWING THE FLEET AT SPITHEAD, OFF PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR
Auction: 12/03/2014
Lot: 43
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John (The Elder) Cleveley AUCTION RECORDS
c. 1712 Southwark, England - 1777 Deptford, England. Known for: Ship portraits, dockyard and celebration scene painting.
JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER. Southwark circa 1712 – 1777 Deptford. John Cleveley the Elder was a highly accomplished painter of ship portraits, dockyard scenes, sea fights and panoramic celebrations of... Read full biography
JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER. Southwark circa 1712 – 1777 Deptford. John Cleveley the Elder was a highly accomplished painter of ship portraits, dockyard scenes, sea fights and panoramic celebrations of mid-eighteenth century Royal Navy squadrons, the latter sometimes based on compositions by Willem van... Read full biography
JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER. Southwark circa 1712 – 1777 Deptford. John Cleveley the Elder was a highly accomplished painter of ship portraits, dockyard scenes, sea fights and panoramic celebrations of mid-eighteenth century Royal Navy squadrons, the latter sometimes based on compositions by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). His style is colourful, meticulous and with a thorough understanding of sea and ships. Despite his talent as an artist, officially he spent his entire career as a... Read full biography
JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER. Southwark circa 1712 – 1777 Deptford. John Cleveley the Elder was a highly accomplished painter of ship portraits, dockyard scenes, sea fights and panoramic celebrations of mid-eighteenth century Royal Navy squadrons, the latter sometimes based on compositions by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). His style is colourful, meticulous and with a thorough understanding of sea and ships. Despite his talent as an artist, officially he spent his entire career as a shipwright in the royal dockyard at Deptford. Born around 1712, John was the son of Samuel Cleveley, a joiner of Newington Butts, Southwark. On 3rd November 1726 he was apprenticed to the joiner Thomas Miller, and then worked with John Hall, a... Read full biography
JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER. Southwark circa 1712 – 1777 Deptford. John Cleveley the Elder was a highly accomplished painter of ship portraits, dockyard scenes, sea fights and panoramic celebrations of mid-eighteenth century Royal Navy squadrons, the latter sometimes based on compositions by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). His style is colourful, meticulous and with a thorough understanding of sea and ships. Despite his talent as an artist, officially he spent his entire career as a shipwright in the royal dockyard at Deptford. Born around 1712, John was the son of Samuel Cleveley, a joiner of Newington Butts, Southwark. On 3rd November 1726 he was apprenticed to the joiner Thomas Miller, and then worked with John Hall, a shipwright and Deptford boat builder. On 9th June 1743 he became a freeman of the Shipwrights’ company. He worked in the royal dockyar... Read full biography
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View of Deptford Shipyard, London, with the launching of H.M.S. Medway and other shipping
John (The Elder) Cleveley Auction: 04/08/1998Lot: 46Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeDEPTFORD DOCKYARD, SHOWING THE LAUNCH OF THE MEDWAY, 1754
John (The Elder) Cleveley Auction: 06/30/2005Lot: 63Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Adams shipyard from the Isle of Dogs, with His Majesty’s new frigate Ambuscade ‘on the stocks’, dressed with flags and ready for launching, 17 September 1773
John (The Elder) Cleveley Auction: 07/04/2019Lot: 52Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAN ENGLISH FRIGATE UNDER SAIL FIRING A GUN, WITH SHIPPING AT ANCHOR AND UNDER SAIL
John (The Elder) Cleveley Auction: 12/08/2011Lot: 281Subscribe or get free alerts
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