Launch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Size:S: 60 x 45cm plate IV of Industry and

plate IV of Industry and Idleness

A bottle has tipped over in the foreground spilling drink

His other hand rests on a pile of books on the table

and set a new nap on it Shakespeare'

Launch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Size:S: 60 x 45cm plate IV of Industry andLaunch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1831. King William IV and Queen Adelaide were among those attending the ceremony. 'Thunderer' was an 84 gun second rate ship of the line. Woolwich Dockyard was founded by Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship 'Henri Grace a Dieu' (the 'Great Harry'), the largest warship of its time.