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7 (great BIG) rarely seen historical naval paintings in British Maritime Museum

Posted on 05/21/2007 11:42:23 AM PDT by yankeedame


French Fireships Attacking the English Fleet off Quebec, 28 June 1759


Cavalry embarking at Blackwall,24 April 1793


Shipping in a Gale, circe 1656


Building the 'Great Leviathan' (the 'Great Eastern')Date 1858


The Destruction of 'L'Orient' at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798


An English Ship in a Gale Trying to Claw off a Lee Shore, 1672


Moonlight View over Table Bay Showing Halley's Comet, c. 1842


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: art; england; godsgravesglyphs; nobellybuttons; painting; royalnavy
Nope, no reason. Just came across this site and thought I'd post these for the enjoyment of one and all. These are just a few of the hundreds of paintings (and other neat stuff) on this site.

In case you're interested, here's a link: Collection of Painting at RN Maritime Museum

1 posted on 05/21/2007 11:42:25 AM PDT by yankeedame
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To: yankeedame

I think it’s naval, not navel. I was expecting belly buttons.


2 posted on 05/21/2007 11:44:29 AM PDT by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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To: Pharmboy; yankeedame
ping ... no painting of the USS Alliance driving off HMS Sybil, Alarm, and Tobago? :) well, understandable, that!

Interesting Web site you found, yankeedame. Thanks for sharing.

3 posted on 05/21/2007 11:49:39 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it!)
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To: yankeedame

I’m not correcting your headline until you send Jim Robinson a donation.


4 posted on 05/21/2007 11:50:05 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: yankeedame

Where’s the lint?


5 posted on 05/21/2007 11:52:02 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: irishtenor
I think it’s naval, not navel. I was expecting belly buttons.

You beat me to it. I peeked in to see if the lent could be used to knit a fleet.

6 posted on 05/21/2007 11:52:12 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: irishtenor
I think it’s naval, not navel. I was expecting belly buttons.

(blush,blush...) I...I knew that. I was just, er..testing you. Yeah! That's it! I was just testing you...

(P.S. But thanks for the heads-up)

7 posted on 05/21/2007 11:53:59 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: yankeedame

Democratic Underground's First Attempt to Rival "FReeps Ahoy." Ends Badly.

8 posted on 05/21/2007 11:54:20 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: irishtenor

Navel Warfare?

9 posted on 05/21/2007 11:57:58 AM PDT by mnehring (Fred Thompson\Zell Miller '08 - Give the Dems and Terrorists Hell !!!!!!!!!!)
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To: mtbopfuyn
I peeked in to see if the lent could be used to knit a fleet.

:^)

10 posted on 05/21/2007 11:58:06 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: yankeedame

bump


11 posted on 05/21/2007 11:58:09 AM PDT by VOA
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To: Sidebar Moderator
I’m not correcting your headline until you send Jim Robinson a donation.

LOL! Anything...anything... Five bucks on its way.

(My stars, if that isn't the perfect spell checker I don't know what is!)

12 posted on 05/21/2007 11:59:11 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: Paleo Conservative

Ping worthy?


13 posted on 05/21/2007 12:01:41 PM PDT by investigateworld (These Border Patrol guys will do more time than a Jap POW Camp commander,thanks BUSH)
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To: yankeedame
Awesome!

Thanks.

14 posted on 05/21/2007 12:05:29 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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To: yankeedame
...and more on the topic:

GREENWICH, England — A spectacular fire early Monday heavily damaged the clipper ship Cutty Sark, one of London's proudest relics of the 19th century tea trade with China designed to be the fastest ship of its day....

Fox News.com

15 posted on 05/21/2007 12:31:21 PM PDT by madison10
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To: yankeedame

Thank you for the great pictures.

Here’s a naval portrait for you - Horatio Nelson as a young man. Very cool, confidence bordering on arrogance but with the intelligence to back it all up.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC2901

I love Turner’s naval scenes, too.

Mrs VS


16 posted on 05/21/2007 1:30:45 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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To: Pharmboy
Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.
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17 posted on 05/26/2007 8:49:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 22, 2007.)
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