Painting ID:: 37883 Canaletto Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames mk129
Oil on canvas
Greenwich Hospital was a home for old and disabled seamen founded by William and Mary in 1694 to designs by Webb,Wren,Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh. (new11/Canaletto-727842.jpg)
Painting ID:: 37885 John Cleveley A Sixth Rate on the Stocks mk129
The Placement of costumed quay-side strollers in this picture evokes the compositions of Canaletto and Vernet.
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Painting ID:: 37887 Dominic Serres The British Fleet entering Havana,21 August 1762 mk129
one of a series of paintings describing the six-week siege. (new11/Dominic Serres-535796.jpg)
Painting ID:: 37888 John Thomas Serres The Thames at Shillingford,near Oxford mk129
in the foreground is a peter boat used for fishing.
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Painting ID:: 37891 Nicholas Pocock The Battle of the Nile,1 August 1798 mk129
The Scene in Aboukir Bay as the British Fleet sails in to attack the line of anchored French Ships.
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Painting ID:: 37892 Robert Dodd Action Between the Quebec and the Surviellante mk129
The British ship Quebec is shown on fire,the Surveillante is only marginally less damaged. (new11/Robert Dodd-929644.jpg)
Painting ID:: 37896 William Hodges A View of CapeStephens in Cook Strait,New Zealand,with Waterspout mk129
During cook-s second voyage
on 11 May 1773
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Painting ID:: 37898 John Webber A Party from the Resolution shooting Sea-Horses mk129
Webber accompanied Cook on his third voyage.
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Painting ID:: 37899 J.M.W.Turner The Fighting Temeraire,Tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up mk129
1838
The Temeraire named after a French ship,
was a ship of the line of 98 guns.
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Painting ID:: 37902 Martin Johnson Heade Approaching Storm Beach near Newport mk129
Heade-s Horizontal canvases emphasise his skies and the vastness of the sea,as well as the vulnerability of the sailing vessels and beach people that inhabit his picture.
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Painting ID:: 37903 James Edward Buttersworth A U.S Frigate attacking a French Privateer mk129
The Vessels in this small panel picture have not been identified but the engagement occurred during America-s undeclared war with France in 1799
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