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Johannes Ogilvius. Technique includes etching.
1669
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John Adam Schall (1591-1669). Folio 69 from Olgilby's edition of Athanasius Kircher's China Monumentis (1669) showing Adam Schall von Bell (1592-1669?) in his study, standing by two globes, holding a pair of dividers.The depiction of his robes a
1669
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Matteo Ricci and Ly Paulos. Print from Kircher's China Monumentis representing Matteo Ricci with Ly Paulus (Xu Guangqi) standing in front of an altar surmounted with a cross and a picture of the Virgin and Child. Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) was an Ital
1669
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Nanking. Emb Folio 79.
1669
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The Citty of Batavia, The Castle of Batavia. A print showing two views of Jakarta. The image by Wenceslaus Hollar was originally an illustration to Johannes Nieuhof's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand
1669
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The Groundplat of Kanton. Canton in 1655. A wall encircled the whole city of Canton. A pagoda temple (a five-storied tower), a fort and a gate stood on the north wall, while two water gates stood on the south wall facing the river. Inside the city the pla
1669
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The Three Effigies of Captaine Samuel Sturmy Aetatis Suae 36 Anno Domini 1669. Frontispiece to Mariner's Magazine 1669. Text in English below image.; Extracted from Box 0038.
1669
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Tiencien. Text in English on reverse.
1669
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Tiencienwey. Print
1669
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Token. Token. Obverse: Inscription, 'W.I.G.' with three roses. Legend: 'WILLIAM . GOODRIDGE'. Reverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted ship under sail. Legend: 'OF . BRIDGEWATER . 1669'.
1669
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[Plan of Harwich defences]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Mounted on backing sheet. Scale: [ca. 1:2 580]. Cartographic Note: North at 78 degrees. Scales in feet and yards. Additional Places: Medway. Contents Note: High and low water lines and sounding sh
1669
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. Beech chair with acane seat and back, and an H stretcher. It has turned baluster legs and supports with cudely carved cherubs on the top rail and stretcher. Numbered 14 on a brass tag.
1670
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. Portable horizontal dial for latitude 49° North. The dial-plate is oval shaped. On the obverse side is an hour scale depicted on a scroll. The dial is marked 'pour 49 deg' (for 49 degrees) and features a centrally placed rose decoration. T
1670
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Aethiopia superior vel interior vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Joannis Imperior.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:2 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated map. Contents Note: The title cartouche shows a blindfolded white female figure, flanked by a mo
1670
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Africae accurata tabula ex officina Jacobum Meursium. Single sheet. Engr. Contents Note: Title cartouche with African figures, dedication cartouche with sea sprites. Land decorated with animals; sea with ships, whales and flying fish. This version, with t
1670
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Counter depicting Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683) in childhood. Counter depicting Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683) in childhood. Obverse: Head of Admiral de Vermandois as a child (right). Legend: '
1670
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De Stadt Oscacco. The City Osacco (1670). Print
1670
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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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Japanese pleasure boat, 1611. Text in English below image and on reverse.; Pages 87 and 88.
1670
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Loanda S. Pauli. Text in English and Dutch in plate.
1670
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Medal commemorating naval forces prepared, 1670. Medal commemorating naval forces prepared, 1670. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a three-ma
1670
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Medal commemorating the enrollment of sixty thousand seamen. Medal commemorating the enrollment of sixty thousand seamen. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.�
1670
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Medal commemorating the prepared naval forces. Medal commemorating the prepared naval forces. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted
1670
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Net, basket and line fishing in Japan, ca.1665 (on reverse). Text in English and on reverse.; Pages 73 and 74.
1670
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Part of Tangier being what comprehends ye new works, March 1670.. Bound sheet. Ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Cartographic Note: No orientation. High water line and rock ledge marked. Scale in feet. Contents Note: Includes the new pier and harbour. From Volum
1670
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Part of Tangier from above [sic], without the Water-gate. Technique includes engraving.
1670
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Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate. Technique includes engraving.
1670
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Regna Congo et Angola. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:4 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for lat & long. Scale in German miles. Contents Note: Sea decorated with ships. Land decorated with animals. Cartouche with Africans and Eur
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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. Universal equinoctial dial for latitudes 0°-90° North, in the shape of an irregular octagon. On the obverse side of the dial-plate is a coat of arms set on engraved ground which features two leopards holding a crest. Hinged to the North end of t
1671
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Chap VII America 499. Text in English on reverse.
1671
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Christopher Columbus's voyage, 1492-93. Discovery of Cuba. Text in English on reverse. Image shows Indigenous Cubans fishing in the foreground, in front of two shelters where there are fish and snakes being prepared for food. Christopher Columbus an
1671
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Counter commemorating the disarmament of the fleet, 1671. Counter commemorating the disarmament of the fleet, 1671. Obverse: The lion of the Netherlands, holding erect in its right a sheaf of arrows, and in its left paw a pair of scales. Legend: 'NON
1671
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Expugnatio Paytae Payta, 1575. Technique includes etching.; Text in English on reverse.
1671
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Medal commemorating Dunkirk fortified. Medal commemorating Dunkirk fortified. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII. REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS'. Reverse: Plan of the town and fortifications; France holding a
1671
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Medal commemorating the capture of Brunswick, 1671. Medal commemorating the capture of Brunswick, 1671. Obverse: A trophy of a drum, cannons and shells surmounted by an open book inscription with Hebrew script; flags and weapons. Legend: 'IVRE &
1671
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Medal commemorating the fortifications at Ostend. Medal commemorating the fortifications at Ostend. Obverse: Youthful bust of King Charles II of Spain with long hair in armour, mantle and order of the Golden Fleece (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS IID G. HI
1671
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Medal commemorating William of Orange appointed Captain-General and Admiral, 1672. Medal commemorating William of Orange appointed Captain-General and Admiral, 1672. Obverse: Bust of King William III in a wig (right). Legend: 'GVILH: II. AVR: PRINC:
1671
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Michel Adriantsz De Ruyter, Chevalier, Admiral General de l'Armee Navale des Provinces Unies etc. Print
1671
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Nova Terrae-Mariae tabula. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Modern backing sheet. Scale: [ca. 1:1 500 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for lat & long (east of Ferro). North at 90 degrees. Scale in sea leagues. Additional Places: Chesapeake
1671
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Nova Virginiae tabula. Single sheet. Engr. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. North at 90 degrees. Scale in German miles. Additional Places: Virginia, Baltimore.
1671
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Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio per Johanem Ogilvium cosmographum regium. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: On modern backing sheet. Closely similar to Visscher's map of the same name (G292:1/8) but with disagreement about the Great
1671
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Novissima et acuratissima Barbados descriptio per Johannem Ogilvium Cosmographum Regium. Copper plate engraving of Barbados by John Ogilby. Graduated for latitude, scale in English miles. Anchorages and rocks are indicated around the coast and rhumb lines
1671
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Porta Tamandere. The Names of the Ships both of the Dutch and Portuguese Fleet. A. The Portuguese Amiral. B. Their Vice-Admiral. C. The rest of their Ships. D. Three of their Barques. E. Three Carvels, which lay to watch in the Bay. F. The Enemy's Ba
1671
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Porto Rico. Print
1671
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Schouten and Le Maire in America, 1615. Page 119. Chap.III.
1671
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Bugia. Burning of the 7 Algiers Men of Warre and 3 Prices, in the Port of Bugia. May 8 1671 by his Maties Fleet under the Command of Sr Edward Spragge Page 576. Print
1671
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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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Counter commemorating the French fleet building programme. Counter commemorating the French fleet building programme. Obverse: Head of Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683) as a child (right). Legend: 'LOVIS . COMTE . DE . VERMAN
1672
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Dutch ships lying-by, May 1672. Dutch ships lying-by, May 1672. To the left is a weather quarter view of a two-decker close-hauled on the starboard tack under mizzen and topsails. A boat is alongside to starboard, and another pulling towards her in the ri
1672
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Medal commemorating John and Cornelis de Witt assassinated, 1672. Medal commemorating Johan and Cornelis de Witt assassinated, 1672. Obverse: Busts of the brothers De Witt conjoined (right). Legend: 'ILLUSTRISSIMI FRATRES IOHAN : ET . CORNEL : DE .
1672
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Solebay, 1672. Medal commemorating the Battle of Solebay, 1672. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Neptune standing in his car drawn
1672
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Medal commemorating William of Orange appointed Captain-General and Admiral, 1672. Medal commemorating William of Orange appointed Captain-General and Admiral, 1672. Obverse: The Prince mounted on horseback (left). Legend: 'WILHELMVS : III : D : G :
1672
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The 'Delft' with Dutch fleet at sea, May 1672. The ‘Delft’ with the Dutch fleet at sea, May 1672. On the left is a lee quarter view of the ‘Delft’ with the wind on the port quarter, under topsails and mizzen; a pendant at
1672
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The Dutch fleet lying-by, May 1672. The Dutch fleet lying-by, May 1672. The fleet is lying-by in a swell, most of the ships with sails furled. In the foreground is a port bow view of a galjoot with a snow, starboard quarter view, close alongside to starbo
1672
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The Dutch rear squadron in a quartering breeze, May 1672. The Dutch rear squadron in a quartering breeze, May 1672. The Dutch ships are viewed from the lee quarter with the wind broad on the port quarter. On the left is the ‘Amsterdam’ with a
1672
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The Dutch rear squadron lying-by, May 1672. The Dutch rear squadron lying-by, May 1672. On the right is a starboard quarter view of a large two-decker lying with her fore and mizzen topsails loosed and main staysail hoisted. A ship with topsails aback is
1672
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[Plymouth]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Paper backed with linen. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Scale in English feet and yards. Contents Note: At top: view of Plymouth looking north, Plan of the Royal Citadel with part of the town of Plymout
1672
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The Dutch rear squadron lying-by, May 1672. The Dutch rear squadron lying-by, May 1672. In the left foreground is a stern view of the ‘Dolfijn’ (Lieut-Admiral Van Ghent), a flag at the main and pendant at the mizzen, with a signal at the mizze
May 1672
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A Note on the Drawings in the Possession of the Earl of Dartmouth Illustrating the Battle of Sole Bay May 28 1672 and the Battle of the Texel August 11 1673.. A paper booklet that contains notes on the drawings that illustrate the Battle of Sole Bay on Ma
1908
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Battle of Solebay, 28th May 1672. Technique includes etching.
Dec 1797
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Van de Velde with the Dutch rear Squadron 29 May - 2 June 1672. The battle of Solebay, 28May/7 June 1672 was the opening battle of the third Anglo-Dutch War. De Ruyter attacked the combined English and French fleets as they lay in Southwold bay off the Su
1672
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The Dutch fleet coming to anchor 5 June 1672. The Dutch fleet coming to anchor, 26 May [OS]/ 5 June 1672. In the middle distance is a port bow view of the ‘Eendracht’, Aert van Nes at anchor; her mizzen topsail is hoisted and aback. In the lef
1672
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Charles II's visit to the Combined French and English Fleets at the Nore, 6 June 1672. An inscription by John Thomas Serres on the back of this drawing indicates that his father, Dominic, drew it in 1785. However, it appears originally to have been a
circa 1675; 1785 (Serres)
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The Battle of Solebay, 28 May-7 June 1672. The drawing shows the battle at noon with a light East-South-East breeze from the right of the drawing. In the left foreground is a stern view of the ‘Komeetster’ with the ‘Ridderschap’ (J
1672
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The day after the battle of Solebay, 29 May/8 June 1672. Similar to PAJ3043, the work shows the van of the Dutch fleet, viewed from the lee bow, close-hauled on the port tack under topsails. Five private ships are shown, and close on the weather quarter o
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 Dutch ship in chase of an English ship, 1673. On the right is an English ship in starboard-bow view, with a flag (possibly a Union) at the main, firing her stern chase. On her weather quarter, to the left, a Dutch ship with a striped flag at the main re
1673
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A new map of Asia. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: On modern backing sheet. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for lat & long. Contents Note: Title cartouche with Asian male figures. Dedication to the East India Company in cartouche supported by cherubs
1673
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A ruff draght of Dublin Bay by Thos Phillips. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Scale: [ca. 1:42 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Soundings, shallows and channels marked. Scale in English miles. Additional Places: Ireland. Co
1673
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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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Counter commemorating the Battle of Sole Bay, 1672. Counter commemorating the Battle of Sole Bay, 1672. Obverse: Head of Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683) as a child (right). Legend: 'LOVIS . COMTE . DE . VERMANDOIS . ADMIRAL
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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Foundation medal of the mathematical school of Christ's Hospital (the Royal Mathematical Foundation). Medal commemorating the foundation of the mathematical school (the Royal Mathematical Foundation) of Christ's Hospital in 1672. Obverse: Bust o
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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Medal commemorating action off the Helder and Captain Van Gelder, 1673. Medal commemorating action off the Helder and Captain Van Gelder, 1673. Obverse: The coat of arms with helmet and scrolls, surmounted by a crest of Neptune with an arrow in hand, of
1673
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Portrait of a French two decker. This is a ship portrait, viewed from the port quarter. On the tafferel are the head and shoulders of two persons, one above the other, enclosed within a circle. The rest of the panel is covered with fleur de lis. This wo
1673
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Portrait of a French two-decker. A faint and rubbed (not on the back) offset of a ship viewed from slightly before the starboard beam. Her decks are crowded with people. This ship is similar to PAH3896 and PAH3898 in the general disposition of the ports a
1673
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Portrait of a French two-decker. A French two-decker viewed from the starboard bow. The browsprit, spritsail and spritsail topmast are shown. The figurehead is a lion. One of seven drawings of French ships made probably in June and July 1673 when van de
1673
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Portrait of a French two-decker. A ship of about 70-guns, mounting on the broadside fifteen guns on the gun deck, fourteen on the upper deck, three on the forecastle and five on the quarterdeck. It is viewed from slightly before the starboard beam, lying
1673
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Portrait of an English two-decker. Shown from the port quarter, including lower masts and bowsprit, with eleven guns on the gun deck, ten on the upper deck and two on the quarterdeck. The ship has square decorated ports and is probably one built during th
1673
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Portrait of the 'Princess'. Viewed slightly before the starboard beam, a portrait of the ‘Princess’, 54-gun fourth-rate, built 1660, broken up 1680. One of two drawings of ships (PAH3900) in which the construction of the head, the
1673
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Portrait of the 'Reine'. Portrait of the ‘Reine’ seen from the port bow. The figurehead is a man on horseback and the drawing is inscribed with the following: adr van vooren (the Admiral from forward). The drawing has been rubbed on
1673
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Portrait of the 'Reine'. The ship is viewed from the starboard quarter. There is one gun in the quarter-gallery. On the tafferel, there are the crowned arms of France and Navarre, three fleur-de-lis impaled with an escarbuncle, on a cloth powde
1673
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Portrait of the 'Revenge'. Viewed before the port beam, a portrait of the ‘Revenge’ 62-gun third rate, built 1654 as the ‘Newbury’, renamed 1660, condemned 1678. The lower masts are shown. In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam
1673
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Portrait of the 'Royale Therese'?. This is a ship portrait viewed from the starboard quarter. On the stern is a figure seated among arms and trophies. This work is probably based on an offset. It is one of seven drawings of French ships made p
1673
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Portrait of the 'St Andrew'. Portrait of the ‘St Andrew’, first rate, built in 1670, 96 guns. She was rebuilt as the ‘Royal Anne’ in 1704. She is viewed from the starboard quarter. There are square decorated ports on the
1673
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Portrait of the 'Superbe'?. One of a series of drawings of French ships made probably while they were in the Thames in June-July 1673 to refit following the two battles of Schooneveld. It probably shows the 68-76 gun two-decker ‘Superbe&rs
1673
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Portrait of the 'Swiftsure'. This is a ship portrait viewed from before the port beam. The ship is flying a Union flag at a staff on her forecastle as at a launching. Her mainmast, however, to the height of the fourth woulding, has been drawn in
1673
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Portrait of the ‘Leopard’, 6-guns, was a fireship, purchased in 1672 and expended in 1673.. The ‘Leopard’, viewed from abaft the port beam, before the wind under fore course, topsails and main topgallant. There are no gunports on a
1673
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Portrait of the Royal Thérèse (?), 70 to 80-gun ship built as the Paris in 1670, renamed in 1671 and condemned in 1690.. The ‘Royal Thérèse’ viewed from slightly before the port beam with, on the broadside, fourteen
1673
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The 'Royal Sovereign' before the wind. On the right, viewed form before the port beam is the ‘Royal Sovereign’ under fore course, and fore and mizzen topsails; only vanes at the mastheads. A galliot is in the right foreground. In the
1673
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The 'St Michael' in a fresh breeze, 1673. The ‘St Michael’ is viewed from close under the lee bow in a fresh breeze, close-hauled on the starboard tack under fore and main topsails lowered half-mast. There is a flag at the mizzen.
1673
National Maritime Museum

The citty and suburbs of Dublin from Kilmainham to Rings-End, werein the rivers, streets, lanes, allys, churches, gates &c are exactly described 15th No. 1673. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Three sheets joined
1673
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The first Battle of Schooneveld, 28 May 1673. The second major action of the Third Anglo-Dutch War took place in the early summer of 1673. The combined English and French fleets under the command of Prince Rupert lay for several weeks off the Dutch coast
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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