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A fishing boat brought ashore near Conway Castle. Philippe de Loutherbourg was one of many artists who interpreted the scenery around Conway in the late-18th and early 19th centuries. In this version, the castle looms high on a hill to the left, silhouett
1800
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The Frigate Action. A representation of a late-18th or early 19th century frigate action, at dusk or in otherwise dark conditions, with a French vessel in the foreground with her mizzen upper masts shot away and a British one beyond on the right. Another
circa 1900
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The Reverend Edmund Nelson, 1722-1802. A half-length portrait facing right, wearing clerical bands and a plain black coat. The sitter was Rector of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, and the father of Admiral Lord Nelson. This portrait was painted at the request of
1800
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The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 30 March 1800. 'The capture of the ''Guillaume Tell'', 30 March 1800' by Arthur Ackland Hunt.
1888-9
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The Capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’, 30 March 1800. A painting detailing the capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’. She is shown on the left of the painting, with her last mast, the mizzen, falling forward over the starboard side, her en
1835
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