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. Walnut chair with a cane seat and back. H stretcher, carved with a scallop shell and foliage on the top rail and front stretcher and with foliage alone on the sides of the back. Numbered 16 on a brass plaque.
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A boeier yacht, smalschip and other vessels at anchor in a Dutch harbour. In the right foreground there is a starboard quarter view of a boeier yacht with a smalschip lying alongside and on the left several kaags, smalschips and other vessels at anchor: i
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A True and Exact Prospect of the Famous Citty of London, from SMarie Overs Steeple in Southwarke in its flourishing condition before the Fire. The Great Fire of London began on Sunday morning, 2 September 1666, and destroyed an area of 1.5 miles by 0.5 mi
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Counter commemorating Admiral César, Duc de Vendôme (1594-1665). Counter commemorating Admiral César, Duc de Vendôme (1594-1665). Obverse: Bust of Admiral de Vendôme with long hair in mantle and cravat (right). Legend: �
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Elias Allen. Apud Anglos Cantianus, iuxta Tunnbridge natus, Mathematics Instrumentis aere incidendis sui temporis Artifex ingeniosissimus, Obijt Londini prope finem Mensis Marty, Anno a Christo nato 1653 suaque atatis. Technique includes engraving.
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Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir John Harman, d. 1673. A three-quarter-length portrait to left, turned away from the viewer and looking back over his left shoulder. He wears a long coat that is a version of the Persian vest introduced into the English co
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Flagmen of Lowestoft: Sir Jeremiah Smith, died 1675. A three-quarter-length portrait to left in a brown silk coat fastened with gold clips and with a gold-tasselled red sash round his waist. He is leaning forward onto a stone plinth, his right hand finger
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Flagmen of Lowestoft: Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Teddeman, c. 1620-68. A three-quarter-length portrait slightly to right in a black velvet coat with a black silk shoulder knot on his right shoulder and sleeves opening from shoulder to cuff. His sword hangs f
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London Verbrandt. A Dutch hand-coloured engraved pictorial map, showing the extent of the Great Fire in 1666, with a view towards London from the south bank, showing people fleeing the city and a grieving oarsman. The sheet includes text descriptions of t
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Medal commemorating Admiral de Ruyter and the Four Days Battle, 1666. Medal commemorating Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter and the Four Days' Fight, 1666. Obverse: Bust of Admiral de Ruyter, (three-quarters) with long hair in a cravat and doublet,
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Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666. Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: France
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days and Admiral Cornelis Tromp, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666 and Admiral Cornelis Tromp (1607-76). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Tromp (three-quarter right), above two tritons holding
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days and Admiral de Ruyter, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666 and Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter (1607-1676). Obverse: Bust of Admiral de Ruyter in a doublet and cravat with Order o
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days and Admiral de Ruyter, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666 and Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter (1607-1676). Obverse: Bust of Admiral de Ruyter in a doublet and cravat with Order o
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days and Admiral de Ruyter, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666 and Admiral Michel Adrianzoon de Ruyter (1607-1676). Obverse: Bust of Admiral de Ruyter in draped armour, cravat with order
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days and Admiral Evertsen, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666 and Admiral Cornelis Evertsen (1610-1666). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Evertsen (three-quarter right) supporting tritons holding
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days and Admiral Van Tromp, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666 and Admiral Cornelis Tromp (1607-76). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Tromp (three-quarter right), above two tritons holding a lau
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666. Obverse: A general in Roman dress caressing a lion; he holds a sceptre to which is attached the shield of Amsterdam and a laurel wreath, a view o
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666. Obverse: A naval action, a vessel on fire in the foreground. Exergue: 'PVGNANDO' (By fighting). Reverse: Within a garland of laurel car
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Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Four Days, 1666. Obverse: A naval engagement. Reverse: Inscription below suspended shields of the United Provinces, 'De Godt der goden zet Den Oceaen de wet,
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Medal commemorating the capture of St Christopher, 1666. Medal commemorating the capture of St Christopher, 1666. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: America, with a h
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Medal commemorating the naval power of Tuscany. Medal commemorating the naval power of Tuscany. Obverse: Bust of Cosimo III de Medici in long hair and armour, mantled (left). 'COSMVS . III . PRINC . AETRVR'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of
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Medal commemorating the proposed commercial treaty with Spain. Medal commemorating the proposed commercial treaty with Spain. Obverse: Head of King Charles II, laureate, in a long wig (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI .
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Portrait of the 'Wassenaar'. A portrait of the ‘Wassenaer’, 56 guns, built 1666, wrecked 1681, viewed from well abaft the starboard beam. There are a number of shot holes in the hull. The English ensign reversed over the stern is pro
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Portrait of the ‘Swiftsure’, 64-guns, built in 1621 and rebuilt in 1653. The ‘Swiftsure’, viewed from slightly before the starboard beam. Her rail shows signs of damage. She was taken by the Dutch at the Four Days’ Battle in
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Portrait of the ‘Westfriesland’. The ‘Westfriesland’, 78-guns, was possibly built in 1666 and belonged to the admiralty of the North Quarter. She was wrecked in 1683. On the tafferel (the upper part of the stern) there are five i
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The Dutch Fleet off Flushing, August/September 1666. The Dutch Fleet off Flushing, August [OS]/September 1666. The drawing shows, in the left foreground, part of the fortifications at Flushing. Yachts and small vessels are shown close under the walls. Str
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The Postiljon. Portrait of the ‘Postiljon’; viewed from the port beam. She was first mentioned in 1666; 24 guns; she was made a fireship in 1693. It is possibly based on a faint offset, but very well worked up with accurate pencil and wash.
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[Atlantic coasts of Europe, Norway to Finisterre]. Two sheets joined. Hand coloured manuscript drawn on vellum, mounted on four hinged oak boards, each 79 x 27cm. The scale is in English leagues. The border is graduated for latitude. Soundings are shown i
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Dutch shipping in a harbour becalmed, 22 May - 1 June 1666. The drawing suggests the effect of soft sunlight on a calm day. On the right there is the bow view of a ship with fore course and topsails loosed and on the left a starboard quarter view of a boe
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Perfecte Vertooningh en Volkomen verhael... 11, 12, 13, 14, Junij, Anno 1666. De Ruyter forces Albemarle to fight with an inferior force, the latter joined Prince Rupert, a gale stops the action Evertsen was killed. Four Days Fight 1-4 June 1666. War is a
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The last day of the Four Days' Battle, 4 June 1666. The Four Days’ Battle, 1–4 June 1666, was the first test of the Dutch fleet newly fitted out under the command of de Ruyter. The English fleet was divided in an attempt to hold off the F
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A Council of War in the Dutch fleet, 10 June 1666. This probably shows the council-of-war on the day (31 May OS) before the Four Days' Battle, of which the Elder made a large grisaille (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2463a). The commander-in-chief's fl
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The Four Days' Battle, on the evening of the first day 1/11 June 1666. original art: drawing
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The Four Days’ Battle: the fleets engaged probably on the first day1/11 June 1666. The drawing shows the English and Dutch fleets engaged probably on the first day of the battle, 1/11 June 1666. Van de Velde the Elder was present at the battle in a
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The Four Days' Battle: the fleets engaged on the second day, 2-12 June 1666. One of a group of drawings of the Four Day’s battle at which van de Velde the Elder was present in a galjoot put at his disposal by de Ruyter who commanded the Dutch f
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The surrender of the 'Royal Prince', 3 [OS]/13 June 1666. The Four Days’ Battle, 1–4 June 1666, was one of several engagements in the North Sea during the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7) and was the first test of the Dutch fleet newl
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The Four Days' Battle: the fleets engaged on the fourth day, 4-14 June 1666. One of a group of drawings of the Four Day’s battle at which van de Velde the Elder was present in a galjoot put at his disposal by de Ruyter who commanded the Dutch f
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The Four Days' Battle; the Dutch fleet lying-by, probably on the fourth day, 14 June 1666. The Four Days’ Battle: the Dutch fleet lying-by probably on the fourth day, 4 [OS]/14 June 1666 when De Ruyter called a council-of-war. On the right is a
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The Dutch Fleet off Flushing, 25 August / 4 September 1666. The Dutch Fleet off Flushing, 25 August [OS]/ 4 September 1666. A panoramic distant view of a number of ships at anchor in the estuary of the Scheldt off Flushing in what is now the south west Ne
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