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- Title
Art and craft in a dockyard town: The naval career of John Cleveley the Elder (c1712-1777).
- Authors
Lavery, Brian
- Abstract
The article offers information on work and life of John Cleveley the Elder, who was an English marine artist. It discusses how royal yachts produced in Deptford inspire him to drawing them. It mentions that he became a freeman of the shipwright's company in 1743 and perhaps began work in Deptford Dockyard around the same time. It reports that Cleveley was employed by the Royal Navy that paid for his expenses for painting.
- Subjects
DEPTFORD (London, England); UNITED Kingdom; CLEVELEY, John, the Elder, ca. 1712-1777; MARINE artists; NAVIES in art; ARTISTS
- Publication
British Art Journal, 2018, Vol 19, Issue 2, p3
- ISSN
1467-2006
- Publication type
Article