260-Year-Old Barge Made For A Queen Has Been Restored: For the past few months three man - David Chenoweth, Albert Smith and Albert Porter, an expert in gilding, have been working to restore the Queen's Shallop, a Royal barge built by William 111 for his Queen Mary in 1689. The work is now completed, and next year the barge will have a new home at the National Maritime Museum, at Greenwich. Photo shows A view of the Royal barge which is complete - except for the canopy and Royal Standard - at the Charlton yards of William Cory & Sons, Greenwich.
Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.
Photo is dated --0000.
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