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Sir James Lancaster, 1554/5-1618. Lancaster was brought up in Portugal as a merchant and soldier, but returned to England in 1587. He thereafter became a trusted employee of the London merchant Thomas Cordell, commanding his merchant ship ‘Edward
1596
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Thomas Howard (1561-1626), 1st Earl of Suffolk. A full-length portrait to left in Garter robes and wearing a hat. He is shown standing against a background of rich silk drapes. In the Armada campaign of 1588 Howard commanded the ‘Golden Lion’
1617
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Sir John Hawkins, 1532-95. The sitter is shown half-length, standing slightly to the right, in a black doublet and ruff with only his left hand visible. This holds the bottom of a sash with a silver-beaded edge, which is tied round his neck and threaded t
1581
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Robert Rich (1587-1658), 2nd Earl of Warwick. Oil painting (unframed). This is a copy of BHC3080 (acquired in 1949). When it was made is not known but it was presented to the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital in or about 1825. The last edition of the pr

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Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588. A theatrical interpretation of the Battle of Gravelines, an historical episode that had taken place over 200 years earlier. The artist's painterly response depicts the dramatic nature of the event, togethe
1796
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Sir Francis Drake, 1540-96. A three-quarter-length portrait slightly to the left, dressed in black, wearing leather gloves and the 'Drake Jewel' of gold with enamel, rubies and a drop pearl, hanging at waist level on a ribbon from his neck. To t
1591
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The Death of Willem Barents, 20 June 1597. An evocation of the death of the Dutch navigator and explorer, Willem Barents, made over 200 years after the event. Sailing from Amsterdam, Barents made three voyages in 1594, 1595, and 1596-97 in search of the N
1836
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Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth of Bohemia, 'The Winter Queen'), 1596–1662, aged seven. This masterpiece of early English portraiture was painted only months after the death of Elizabeth I in March 1603, when Elizabeth’s father, James
1603
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Flagmen of Lowestoft: Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Jordan, 1603/04-85. A three-quarter-length portrait slightly to left in a black coat with cuff turned back at the elbow to show wide lawn sleeves, tied with black ribbon. His left hand is on his sword, which h
1666
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Embarkation of the Elector Palatine in the 'Prince Royal' at Margate, 25 April 1613. This is one of a series of paintings produced to record the marriage of Frederick, Elector Palatine, to Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I and Anne of Denm
1622
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The Arrival of the Elector Palatine at Flushing, 29 April 1613. This is one of a series of paintings produced to document the marriage of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I and Anne of Denmark, in 1613. After elabora
1623
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Ships Trading in the East. Ships bearing the flags of several different nations are shown in a bay. A fortress stands on a rugged headland, on the far left, with a rocky coastline and islet beyond. Figures can be seen on a jetty, in the left foreground, i
1614
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Spanish Men-of-War Engaging Barbary Corsairs. Clustered at the centre of this complex composition, which is spilling forward towards the spectator, Spanish ships are locked in combat with corsair galleys out on the open sea. A Spanish ship is engaging sev
1615
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A Dutch Merchantman Attacked by an English Privateer, off La Rochelle. This painting is an allegorical evocation of the perils of seafaring in the early seventeenth century but, also, seems to record a particular incident. The painting shows two ships app
1616
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Portrait of a Naval Officer Aged 24, 1619. A three-quarter length portrait of a man facing to the right in a black doublet of watered silk with black silk buttons and braid on the front and sleeves. At the waistline is a broad band of gold lace, almost ob
1619
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Sir Thomas Love, c.1571-1627. A three-quarter-length portrait slightly to the right. Only part of the sleeves of Love’s dark metallic grey doublet can be seen under his coat, or mandilion. The lace cuffs are turned back and edged with cartwheel lace
circa 1620
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A Fishing Boat in Rough Sea off a Rocky Shore. A dramatic depiction of a rough sea driving a two-masted vessel, probably a hooker, into a narrow channel between the soaring crag on the left and the rocks. The foaming water indicates the ferocity of the wa
1620s
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A Ship in a Rough Sea. In this painting, Verbeeck takes up the established subject of ships sailing off a rocky coast in a gale, which appears in both Flemish and Dutch seascapes during the first quarter of the seventeenth century. Under a moderately clou
1620s
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Dutch Ships in a Rough Sea. This tiny panel depicts shipping off a rocky coast in rough weather. Five vessels are shown sailing across large, rolling waves. Four of these vessels are visible in the far background, close to the horizon, and one is shown in
late 1620s
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A Dutch Squadron attacking a Spanish Fortress. The subject of this painting is a Dutch naval attack on a fortress by the sea which is defended by Spanish ships and armed soldiers. The fort stands on raised ground, on the left, behind some low tree-topped
1622
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Mussel Fishing. An unrigged fishing boat, with one man still aboard, lies in starboard-bow view on a mudflat. The leeboard of the boat is visible. Three other men are variously occupied close by. The man, on the far left, is stooping to gather mussels tha
1622
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The Return of Prince Charles from Spain, 5 October 1623. (Updated, November 2013) This large painting shows the English fleet arriving in the Solent led by 'Prince Royal'. It is bearing Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham - for whom this
1623
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A Navigator with Globe and Dividers. A full-length portrait of a gentleman. Facing viewer's left he wears a brown doublet and a black cloak slung over his left shoulder, with a lace ruff and lace cuffs. He has black breeches, green stockings, and orn
1624
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Dutch Ships at Anchor off a Fortified Scandinavian Town. In this Scandinavian scene the artist has effectively merged two pictorial genres: landscape and seascape. To the left a bay, with three Dutch ships at anchor, opens towards the horizon under a ligh
1625
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Flagmen of Lowestoft: Edward Montagu, 1625-72, 1st Earl of Sandwich. A three-quarter-length portrait to right in a leather coat and breastplate, with a red and gold sash is round his waist. He wears the ribbon of the Garter over his right shoulder to whic
1666
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A Castle with a Ship Sailing Nearby. This painting shows a Dutch ship on calm waters. The ship is moving through a channel, towing a boat. The deck is full of figures all facing the bow of the ship. The vessel is depicted in port-bow view, as if about to
1626
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A Dutch Ship and a Kaag in a Fresh Breeze. Under a tall pale blue sky, with light shimmering through white clouds, a number of ships can be seen sailing in a fresh breeze. A small whale or dolphin is spouting water, in the foreground, amid the choppy wave
1628–30
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Greenwich Palace from the North East with a Man-of-War. One of the earliest and most complete oil views of Greenwich seen from down river to the north-east, but still on the south bank, with the Isle of Dogs on the north bank just shown on the right. It i
circa 1630
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Dutch Yachts Racing. In this unusually large painting from the 1630s, van Eertvelt depicts a dramatic scene of Dutch yachts sailing in a stiff breeze off a northern European coast. The yachts are shown racing in a stiff breeze and, in the foreground, the
1630s
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Embarkation of Spanish Troops. This night scene allows van Eertvelt to demonstrate his artistic and dramatic skills. Against bright moonlight, a Spanish fleet prepares to embark from an imaginary Mediterranean coast. On the right the mountainous landscape
1630s
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Shipping in a Breeze Off a Rock. In this work, by Pieter Mulier the Elder, the most arresting element is the rock formation, on the left, which emphatically counterbalances the vessel sailing past it on the right. The rock is dramatically split down its m
1630s
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Sir Kenelm Digby, 1603-65. A half-length portrait to left, with Digby in black and his right hand on his breast. The presence of a sunflower on the left is an allegorical symbol indicating his deep loyalty and constancy to the monarch, Charles I. Digby
1630s
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Ships Becalmed on a Rocky Coast. An early work depicting shipping, on a calm sea, in a bay. A small fishing pink, in starboard-bow view, glides into the scene from the left. Several figures are shown on board. Next to it a little boat, in which three men
1632/1640s
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The Beach at Scheveningen. A scene on the beach at Scheveningen. Scheveningen, originally a fishing village on the northern Dutch coast near The Hague, was immortalized in paint by many artists. Here, it is identified by the church tower which rises into
1633
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The 'Hercules' and 'Eenhorn' off Hoorn. A painting showing the 'Hercules' and 'Eenhorn' off the port of Hoorn. The city harbour was a popular subject in 17th-century Holland and those painters who could represent th
1634
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A Dismasted Ship in a Rough Sea. An interpretation of a rough sea, where a dismasted ship is shown in port-broadside view. Although a stormy squall is indicated on the left there is blue sky on the right. The ship has lost her mainmast and although her sa
1635
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Dutch Men-of-War off a Craggy Coast. De Vlieger favoured serene, undisturbed seas. This painting is one of three quiet coastal scenes by the artist in this exhibition (BHC0776 and BHC0778). Here, two Dutch men-of-war lie at anchor well off the fantastical
1637/early 1640s
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A kaag and other vessels off a pier. 'A kaag and other vessels off a pier'
1638
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A Zeeland Ship at Anchor. A portrait of a ship at anchor, shown broadside to port, with a low coastline rising to the right. It flies the Dutch flag and pennant from the main and the flag of the ensign of the Zeeland Admiralty of the States General at the
1643
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Witte de With's Action with Dunkirkers off Nieuwpoort, 1640. During the Thirty Years War, Spanish naval power reached unprecedented levels. Their ports and shipyards in Flanders, particularly Dunkirk, were the focus of maritime revival. The Flanders
1643
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Fishing Boats in a Rough Sea. Several sprit-rigged Dutch fishing boats are shown in a strong wind from the left. The boat on the left is in port-broadside view, beating to windward, with several crew in the stern and three others towards the centre. The p
1644
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The Port of Archangel. This painting, by Bonaventura Peeters the Elder,e shows a dynamic and thriving harbour. Two hunters, wearing costumes which resemble those depicted in contemporary map illustrations, are prominently positioned on a ledge, in the for
1644
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A Kaag and a Galjoot Close to the Shore with Witte de With in the 'Brederode' Leaving the Vlie, 9 June 1645. The painting shows an event during the war between Sweden and Denmark, when Dutch merchant ships trading in the Baltic had to be escorte
1645
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Portrait of a naval officer, 1649. A portrait of a young officer in the Parliamentary Navy dating from about 1649. He is shown half-length to right in a black silk doublet with a small white collar and a slashed sleeve. His right gloved hand points toward
1649
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A Dutch man-of-war. Oil painting (framed)
1651
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A Dutch Merchant Ship Running Between Rocks in Rough Weather. A merchant ship is shown in stormy weather passing between rocks. She is in starboard-bow view before the wind and her fore and main topsails are neatly furled against the storm. She flies a Du
1651
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Men in a boat with two Dutch ships nearby. Painting.
1651
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Two Vessels by the Shore at Day Break. Cappelle was a wealthy Amsterdam dyer who became a marine and landscape painter by teaching himself to paint during his spare time. His paintings usually show calm rivers or seas, a limpid quality of light, and a del
1651
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Men in a Boat Near Two Dutch Ships. Two Dutchmen-of-war are shown at anchor, the ship on the right is shown in broadside view, and the ship on the left is seen from the starboard quarter. There are four figures on the shore in the foreground. One man seat
1652
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Shipping off a Dutch Pier. A Dutch man-of-war is lying off a harbour to the left in port-bow view and calm conditions, and the masts of other ships are visible in the distance. A jetty is shown on the right in the foreground, together with three figures.
1652
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The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653. The Battle of Scheveningen was the last battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–4). This grisaille or 'pen-painting' is one of two known grisailles of the Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653
1655
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A Kaag Coming Ashore Near a Groyne with Ships and Vessels Under Sail Beyond. In this small painting, van de Velde portrays a sunny day on the Dutch coast. The distant landscape, visible on the left, may represent the island of Texel close to Den Helder, n
1654
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Dutch ships coming to anchor near the shore. Before arriving in England, van de Velde the Elder was known throughout Europe for his pen-painting, a rough translation of the Dutch term penschilderij. Combining the scale and subjects of oil painting with th
1654
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The Dutch ship Oosterwijk under sail near the shore, in two positions. A grisaille on panel showing the same ship in two positions. On the right is the ‘Oosterwijk’ standing out from the shore. She has a common Dutch flag at the main and a pla
1654
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Ships Wrecked on a Rocky Shore. A depiction of a stormy sea with several ships heading for the rocks. A coastline is shown in the distance on the right together with outcrops of rock and a rock arch on the shore in the foreground. Although the ship on the
1655
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A Dutch flagship coming to anchor with a States yacht before a light air. A Dutch flagship is coming to anchor, in calm water, off the Netherlandish coast. In this scene the tall sky seems to envelop all the shipping below. Van de Velde has given equal at
1658
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A Dutch Bezan Yacht and many other Vessels in a Crowded Harbour beside a Tavern. Van de Velde has included a wide variety of craft in this work. On the left, in the foreground, is a bezan yacht lying alongside the shore in port-quarter view. She has a com
circa 1660
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Mediterranean harbour scene with the Saint Jean Cathedral at Lyons. A portrayal of a Mediterranean port, on the left, with a church on the hill and houses coming down to the edge of the water. Several groups of people can be seen on the shore. In the cent
1660
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Dutch shipping. Oil painting, signed 'AV Veen fecit' on the leeboard of the boyuer or similar vessel centre right.
1661
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Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1663-1733, 1st Viscount Torrington. A full-length portrait of Admiral George Byng, Viscount Torrington, facing to the right and towards the viewer. He is wearing viscount's robes and a shoulder-length grey full-botto
1734
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Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, 1607-76, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces. A three-quarter-length portrait to right in a black velvet coat with silver buttons. Over his coat he wears a wide, plain collar, a dark cloth baldric and a gold
1664
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The 'Eendracht' with the 'Zeven Provincien' and Other Dutch Men-of-War. In this depiction of Dutch men-of-war, the Dutch Admiral de Ruyter's flagship, the 'Zeven Provincien', can be seen on the right. She bears on her st
1664
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Sir George Walton, 1664/5-1739. While commanding the ‘Carcass’, 1701–02, Walton went to the West Indies with a squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow, who in March 1702 appointed him to the ‘Ruby’. She was one of the squadro
probably 1734–39
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Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir Thomas Allin. A three-quarter-length portrait to left in a brown silk coat. His left hand rests on his sword, which hangs on a heavy gold embroidered baldric and his right hand points towards ships in action on the left.
1665
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The Merchant Shipping Anchorage off Texel Island with Oudeschild in the Distance. The setting for this painting is the merchant shipping roadstead off the eastern coast of Texel, one of a group of northern islands guarding the entrance to the Zuider Zee.
1665
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Action at Bergen, 3 August 1665. An incident following the Dutch defeat at Lowestoft, which was the first fleet action of the Second Dutch War, 1665-67. A returning Dutch East India and Smyrna fleet was forced to put into Bergen, Norway, a neutral port fo
1666
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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
1666
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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
1666
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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
1666
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Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676). This portrait shows Lieutenant-Admiral, Michiel de Ruyter, almost full-face, in three-quarter length. De Ruyter is shown wearing a black coat with gold buttons over a long-sleeved gold-brocaded waist
1667
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Dutch attack on the Medway: the 'Royal Charles' carried into Dutch Waters, 12 June 1667. In June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-67, the Dutch carried out a daring raid up the River Medway. They captured the 'Royal Charles'
1667
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The Dutch Flute 'St John Baptist'. A Dutch flute, 'St John Baptist', is depicted on the left together with another ship positioned on the right. A flute was usually used as a merchant ship and was a full-sterned vessel with narrow work
1668
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A Spanish three-decker at anchor off Naples. This painting adopts an unusual upright format and shows a Mediterranean harbour. The scene is perceived from a high viewpoint and bathed in milky golden sunshine. In the foreground a cobbled quay overlooks a b
1669
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Dutch Attack on Harwich, July 1667. In June 1667 Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter led a daring Dutch amphibious attack on the Medway. His force burnt Sheerness, destroyed or captured a number of British ships off Chatham and blockaded the Thames for s
1669
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Italianate harbour scene with the monument of Ferdinand I de’ Medici at Leghorn. A romantic evocation of a Mediterranean port scene which alludes to Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. Two large ships are anchored at the quay of an Italianate harbour. The lef
1670
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A Dutch settlement in India viewed from the land. This painting, which is one of a pair, shows a busy Dutch East Indies factory port at the height of its success in the mid-seventeenth century. We, the viewers, look along the shoreline to the town beyond.
1670s
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A Dutch settlement in India. This painting is one of a pair of grisailles (BHC1934) in which Backhuysen depicted a bustling Indian port. The image captures a busy Dutch East Indies factory port at the height of its success in the mid-seventeenth century.
1670s
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Fishing Boats in a Storm off the Dutch Coast at Den Helder. In this painting Abraham Storck depicts the North Sea and the Dutch coast under a threatening sky. Sun and shadow alternate on the turbulent billows. Seagulls are swept along by the strong wind.
1670-5
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Admiral Sir John Norris, 1670/1-1749. Norris served with, and under the patronage of, Sir Cloudesley Shovell from 1680 until promoted Captain in 1690. He was present with Shovell at the Battle of Malaga in 1704 and at the capture of Barcelona in 1705 when
1711
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An English Ship in a Gale Trying to Claw off a Lee Shore. Two ships are shown in difficulty in a heavy sea with storm clouds blowing away to the right above a rocky coast. The composition is dominated by a two-decker in port-bow view in the left foregroun
1672
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The Battle of Actium, 2 September 31BC. A representation of the naval Battle of Actium, 2 September 31 BC, which took place off the western coast of Greece. Octavian, through this decisive victory over the combined forces of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra, be
1672
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A States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ships. A large group of Dutch ships are shown gathered under a stormy sky. This may record the assembling of some of the Dutch fleet off the Texel in 1672, the year that the artist and his
1673
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Dock Scene at a British Port. English and Dutch ships taking on stores or cargo at a port. Although the port is probably imaginary, the activities relating to the loading has been closely observed. It has been set in a harbour, with the tower of a gate an
1673
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John Clements, died 1705. A half-length portrait facing to the right in armour and a brown full-bottomed wig, on an oval stretcher and in an oval frame. The artist has detailed the lace collar and created highlights on the face, armour, lace and the red c
1673
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The First Battle of Schooneveld, 28 May 1673. Van de Velde the Elder has adopted a high viewpoint in this detailed ‘pen painting’ showing the First Battle of Schooneveld, during the Third Dutch War, 1672-74. Although he was present at the batt
1684
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The Battle of The Texel, 11 August 1673. This painting probably relates to the Battle of Texel. This was the last fleet action of the Dutch Wars, and the last attempt of the Anglo-French fleet to destroy the Dutch and make way for a seaborne invasion of H
1685
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The 'Gouden Leeuw' at the Battle of the Texel, 21 August 1673. The Battle of Texel was the last battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74 between the Dutch, on one side, and the English and French on the other. It represented the final attemp
1687
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HM Ship 'Tiger' Taking the 'Schakerloo' in the Harbour of Cadiz, 23 February 1674. A panoramic view looking north across the Bay of Cadiz towards Rota. In the foreground to the right and centre the city's batteries are shown crowd
1675
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The English Yacht 'Portsmouth' at Anchor. (Updated, August 2015) To the right is the 'Portsmouth', yacht, lying at anchor in shallow water in a calm, in starboard-broadside view. Her deck is crowded with people. She is flying a jack fr
1675
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An English flute off Satalia. A depiction of the port of Satalia on the south-west coast of Turkey in 1677, surrounded by a rocky coastline. The ancient walled city, with minarets rising from it, overlooks the small harbour and gulf, and is enclosed by hi
1677
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The ‘Charles Galley’ before a light breeze. (Updated, August 2015) A panel painting of the ‘Charles Galley’, in a light breeze towing an admiral’s barge with several men in it. In the left background a two-decker starboard bo
1677
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A View of Falmouth Harbour, circa 1678. Danckerts travelled widely and his most important commission for King Charles II was to paint a series of 28 canvases depicting various palaces and fortified ports. This picture may have formed part of this series,
1678
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An English Ship in Action with Barbary Vessels. An English ship, on the left, battles with a ‘Barbary’ ship and two galleys. Smoke fills the sky and the gunfire, which reflects in the sea, illuminates the sails of the ships and their flags. In
1678
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Calm: HMS Royal James, a royal yacht and other shipping. A three-decker shown at anchor. She has a blue flag at the main signifying an admiral of the blue and a Union jack at the fore. In the right foreground is a royal yacht with an extra long pendant at
1678
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