A group portrait of three sons of William Money (1738-96), a Director of the East India Company and an Elder Brother of Trinity House, commissioned by Sir Robert Wigram (1769-1830) The Money Brothers: William Taylor, 1769-1834, James, 1772-1833, and Robert, 1775-1803

A group portrait of three sons of William Money (1738-96), a Director of the East India Company and an Elder Brother of Trinity House, commissioned by Sir Robert Wigram (1769-1830)

The Money Brothers: William Taylor, 1769-1834, James, 1772-1833, and Robert, 1775-1803

The Charlotte of Chittagong and other vessels at anchor in the River Hoogli Franz Balthazar; 1792 ‘Charlotte, Chittagong’ at anchor in the Hoogli River off Calcutta. She is shown in stern view on the left, with the name visible on the transom and in port-broadside view in the centre, flying a jack, a commissioning pendant and plain red ensign at the stern. The date of the painting means that by this time Calcutta was the capital of British India and so yacht and dispatch vessels hitherto managed by the East India Company were now answerable to the Crown and would appear as naval ships. With their large passenger accommodation these ships were previously used by the East India Company as dispatch vessels and to carry Company servants around the coasts and up the great rivers of India.

The Charlotte of Chittagong and other vessels at anchor in the River Hoogli

Franz Balthazar; 1792

‘Charlotte, Chittagong’ at anchor in the Hoogli River off Calcutta. She is shown in stern view on the left, with the name visible on the transom and in port-broadside view in the centre, flying a jack, a commissioning pendant and plain red ensign at the stern.

The date of the painting means that by this time Calcutta was the capital of British India and so yacht and dispatch vessels hitherto managed by the East India Company were now answerable to the Crown and would appear as naval ships.

With their large passenger accommodation these ships were previously used by the East India Company as dispatch vessels and to carry Company servants around the coasts and up the great rivers of India.

Deck scene in an Indiaman artist: Capt Robert Williams; Early 19th century The attribution to Captain Robert Williams is not certain however the donor stated that it was painted by ‘a captain of an East Indiaman called Williams about the time of Trafalgar’. If so it can only be Robert Williams captain of the Thames, during the voyage to Bombay and China between February 1802 and April 1803. The Thames (1,200 tons) was owned by Abel Chapman and was built to replace, or ‘on the bottom of’, the ‘Winterton’ which had been constructed by Messrs. Perry and Sons in 1795. The vessel remained in the service of the East India Company until 1813, during which time it completed eight voyages to the east.

Deck scene in an Indiaman

artist: Capt Robert Williams; Early 19th century

The attribution to Captain Robert Williams is not certain however the donor stated that it was painted by ‘a captain of an East Indiaman called Williams about the time of Trafalgar’. If so it can only be Robert Williams captain of the Thames, during the voyage to Bombay and China between February 1802 and April 1803.

The Thames (1,200 tons) was owned by Abel Chapman and was built to replace, or ‘on the bottom of’, the ‘Winterton’ which had been constructed by Messrs. Perry and Sons in 1795. The vessel remained in the service of the East India Company until 1813, during which time it completed eight voyages to the east.

msbehavoyeur: The Apes ~ Memorable missions of the East India Company ~ Arnoldus Montanus, 1669  via

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The Apes ~ Memorable missions of the East India Company ~ Arnoldus Montanus, 1669  via