The Barge Dutch King Will Tam Built: David Chenoweth, an expert in gilding, restores the arms of William of Orange on the Barge's Stern. In the Greenwich Yards of William Cory & Sonlies the Queen's Shallop, a Royal Barge built by William (William of Orange) for his Queen, Mary in the 1689. For the Past Months a group of craftsmen and expert have been working to restore the barge to his former Regal Beauty. Using fine English oak to repair the 260-year-old timbers, and gilding the elaborate ornaliental work on the prow and bows. August 18, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)