Dogger's Bank's Triumf
Painting, oil on glass, commemorating the Battle of Dogger Bank, 5 Aug 1788. Inscribed: 'DOGGER'S BANK'S TRIUMF'. Depicting Neptune in a car with a female figure holding an oar bearing a cap of liberty and a portrait, the lion of the Netherlands on a shield below. Behind the English and Dutch fleets, the names on the sterns of the last ships 'PR. AMELIA' and 'ADM.PIET HEIN'. Sea nymphs in the foreground holding oval portraits of Admirals 'STARINGH', 'VANBRAAM', 'ZOUTMAN', 'DE DEL', 'BENTINCK', 'BRAAK', 'VAN KINSEER'. A triton blows a trumpet with the Dutch flag attached.
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Object Details
ID: | GGG0567 |
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Type: | Picture on glass |
Display location: | Not on display |
Events: | American War of Independence: Battle of Doggerbank, 1781 |
Date made: | 1781 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Frame: 648 mm x 933 mm x 60 mm |