Tag: British
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09 Works, The Art of War, Maxwell, Donald’s British Navy in Palestine, 1st World War, with footnotes
The Sinai and Palestine campaign was part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, taking place between January 1915 and October 1918… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Elizabeth Butler’s The Remnants of an Army, with footnotes
Elizabeth Butler represents the defeat of the British in the First Afghan War (1839–1842), when they failed to overthrow the Afghan leader Dōst Moammad Khān. Doctor William Brydon, believed to be the sole survivor of the British forces, reaches the British garrison at Jalalabad, ‘faint and reeling on his jaded horse’ against a dying light’.…
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NATALIE GOLDSTEIN, QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #97
Natalie Goldstein is a photographer. Having spent years in front of the camera as a model, Natalie developed her own unique understanding of the profession, both technically and artistically. Natalie’s eye is drawn to the aesthetics of the human form, beyond merely the body beautiful. Her subjects are poised and positioned to suggest Da Vinci’s divine…
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Montague Dawson, Night Suspect Pursuit 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #121
Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) Oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm) Private collection The painting depicts the dramatic chase on a moonlit night by the British Coast Guard, firing a canon at suspected smugglers in the English Channel. More on this painting Montague…
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Samuel Walters, THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN CLIFFORD IN A STIFF BREEZE 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #111
Samuel Walters, LONDON 1811 – 1882 LIVERPOOL THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN CLIFFORD IN A STIFF BREEZE, PREPARING TO PICK UP HER PILOT OFF THE GREAT ORME, NORTH WALES, ON THE RETURN FROM HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO INDIA, c. 1885 Oil on canvas 63.5 x 99.2 cm.; 25 x 39 in. Private collection The iron ship Clifford was…
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Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) 01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #125
Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) Signed Montague Dawson(ll) Oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm) Private collection The painting depicts the dramatic chase on a moonlit night by the British Coast Guard, firing a canon at suspected smugglers in the English Channel. More on this…
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02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 C
Circle of Sir John Hoppner, (British, 1758–1810) Portrait of Lady Mackintosh Oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) Private collection Lady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh (1723–1784) was a Jacobite of the Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh. The Jacobite were a political movement in Great Britain and Ireland that aimed…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #22
Peter Kuhfeld (British, born 1952) Venetian canal scene Oil on board 24.5 x 62cm (9 5/8 x 24 7/16in). Private collection Peter Kuhfeld (born 4 March 1952) is an English figurative painter. He was born in Cheltenham and is married to the English figurative painter Cathryn Kuhfeld, née Showan. They have two daughters who have often…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #74
Raymond Massey, British/American, b. 1938 Ferry to Brooklyn, New Amsterdam in 1660, 1981 Oil on Masonite 25 7/8 x 42 inches (65.8 x 106.6 cm) Private collection New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The fort was…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #19
Richard Price (British, born 1962) Santa Maria Formosa Oil on canvas board 30.5 x 40.5cm (12 x 15 15/16in). Private collection Santa Maria Formosa is a church in Venice, northern Italy. It was erected in 1492 under the design by Renaissance architect Mauro Codussi. It lies on the site of a former church dating from the…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #21
Bernard Dunstan R.A. (British, 1920-2017) ‘The Mirror, Venice’, c. 1986 Oil on canvas 69 x 73cm (27 3/16 x 28 3/4in). Private collection Bernard Dunstan RA (19 January 1920 – 20 August 2017) was a British artist, teacher, and author, best known for his studies of figures in interiors and landscapes. At the time of his…
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