Launch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Size:S: 60 x 45cm His other hand rests on

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

A bottle has tipped over in the foreground spilling drink

and set a new nap on it Shakespeare'

plate IV of Industry and Idleness

said to have been occupied by Anne Boleyn's father Sir Thomas Boleyn

Launch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Size:S: 60 x 45cm His other hand rests onLaunch 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.