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A Dutch Ship c1600. Technique includes etching.
1640
National Maritime Museum

A Ship Wrecked off a Rocky Coast. A fleet of ships is shown near a rocky coast. One of them, in stern view, is shown on the left with its sails half down, clawing to windward off the land, and the other shipping is visible on the horizon. A large rock ris
1640
National Maritime Museum

Counter commemorating Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642). Counter commemorating Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642). Obverse: Bust of the cardinal in a cap and high collar (right). Legend: 'ARMAND .
1640
National Maritime Museum

Gun, 4pdr. Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore 4 pdr gun engraved MOUNTJOY EARLE OF NEWPORT MR GENERALL OF THE ORDNANCE IOHN BROWNE MADE THIS PEECE 1640 Tudor Rose crown CR (for Charles I). Calibre: 3.2in. The gun is mounted on a replica carriage. The Brown
1640
National Maritime Museum

Gun, 4pdr. Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore 4pdr gun mounted on a replica carriage.. The gun is engraved: MOUNTIOY EARLE OF NEWPORT MR GENERALL OF THE ORDNANCE IOHN BROWNE MADETHIS PEECE 1640. Tudor rose crown CR (Charles I). Calibre: 3.2in. The Brownes
1640
National Maritime Museum

Marten Tromp. Print. The battle of the Downs, 1639 (with key)
1640
National Maritime Museum

Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae. Single sheet. Col. engr. Medium: 2 sheets of paper with central vertical join. Scale: [ca. 1:1 500 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Graduated for lat & long. Rhumbs. Scale in German miles and Gallician miles
1640; circa 1700
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Repairing ships Mediterranean harbour. Print
1640
National Maritime Museum

Shipping in an Estuary. A scene showing an estuary with shipping and land rising up on either side. The land on the far right includes white cliffs rising up towards fields and woods. Several church towers are implied on the skyline and this specificity i
1640
National Maritime Museum

Spectabili, Ornatijsmo viro ac Domino Joh. Huyssen J. Co. Zeellandiae Ordin. foederat. Belgij rebus Neptu nianis apud Middelburgenses Mattiacarum a Consilijs Apelline scientiae maxime studioso, Mecenati miki faventissimo Posui. Technique includes etching.
1640
National Maritime Museum

Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del Fuego, cum celeberrimis fretis a F.Magellano et I.Le Maire detectis novissima et accuratissima descriptio exhibetur.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: 2 sheets joined at centre. Scale: [ca. 1:300 000]. Cartographic Note: Gra
1640
National Maritime Museum

A Dutch Ferry Boat Before a Breeze. A variety of shipping is shown, on a blustery day, off the Dutch coast. A kaag or ferry boat with a red sail occupies the centre foreground of the painting. She flies the Dutch flag at the mainmast and is carrying a ran
late 1640s
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A Dutch Ship Running onto a Rocky Coast. A Dutch trading ship, flying the Dutch flag, is being carried by bleak and tenebrous waters which force it towards dark, foreboding cliffs. Foamy waves, composed diagonally across the surface of the painting, haul
late 1640s
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Dutch Ferry Boats in a Fresh Breeze. This painting shows Dutch boats in a fresh breeze. Boats traverse a busy waterway in order to reach the land which is visible on the far right of the composition. Two boats are laden with passengers and are ferrying pe
1640s
National Maritime Museum

Seascape with Sailors Sheltering from a Rainstorm. A group of sailors huddle, in a cave, beneath a rugged cliff. Torrential rain falls diagonally from the thick black clouds which hover menacingly above. A smooth, flat sea is rendered in silvery-grey tone
1640s
National Maritime Museum

Algernoun Earle of Northumberland, Lord of the Honors of Cockermouth...[Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland]. Technique includes etching.; Text in English below image.
1640
National Maritime Museum