File:View of the Bay of Naples with Admiral Byng's Fleet at Anchor, 1 August 1718 RMG BHC0349.tiff
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Summary
Gaspar Butler: View of the Bay of Naples with Admiral Byng's Fleet at Anchor, 1 August 1718
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Gaspar Butler |
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| Title |
View of the Bay of Naples with Admiral Byng's Fleet at Anchor, 1 August 1718  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: View of the Bay of Naples with Admiral Byng's Fleet at Anchor, 1 August 1718 This oil painting, which was executed on a copper plate, has been connected to Admiral George Byng’s victory over the Spanish fleet off Cape Passaro. In the background Naples can be identified through the recognisable architectural forms of Castel Nouvo on the harbour. The bay, seen in an almost birds-eye view, is filled with vessels of the English fleet, some ships already at anchor, others arriving. The overall manner of the picture is undistinguished and stylized and most attention is certainly paid to the cityscape. The painting is signed. The NMM collection includes a second view of Naples by Butler (BHC1902). |
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| Date | 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Frame: 602 mm x 1185 mm x 85 mm;Painting: 455 mm x 1040 mm | |||||||||||||||||||
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BHC0349 |
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| Notes | Signed. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11841 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1935-38 id number: BHC0349 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 06:29, 8 October 2017 |  | 5,704 × 2,473 (40.36 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11841 #2807 |
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