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Gore, Charles
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Second Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Lowestoft, 1665
Second Anglo–Dutch War: Four Days Fight, 1666
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Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battles of Schooneveld, 1673
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The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
Unseen: The Lives of Looking by Dryden Goodwin
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Portrait of the ‘Charles’, 8-guns, built in 1675 and wrecked in 1678 (Drawing)
Portrait of 'Prins te Paard' (Drawing)
Dutch ships in a sea, 28 May-7 June 1665 (Drawing)
The Dutch fleet in light airs: a council-of-war (Drawing)
Portrait of an English three-decker (Drawing)
The 'Duchess' before a light breeze (Drawing)
The 'Kingfisher's? action against seven Algerine ships, 2 June 1681 (Drawing)
The Dutch rear squadron in a quartering breeze, May 1672 (Drawing)
[Beach and van Ghent’s action, 1670] Van Ghent pursuing six Algerine corsairs near Cape Spartel, 17-27 August 1670 (Drawing)
Portrait of the 'Westfriesland'? (Drawing)
A Dutch squadron forming line of battle, May 1672? (Drawing)
An English ship in the wind (Drawing)
The embarkation of William of Orange and Princess Mary at Margate in November 1677 on their return to Holland after their marriage (Drawing)
The stern of the 'Hampton Court' (Drawing)
Portrait of ‘Vereenigde Provincien’. Built 1665? 48-guns. Last mentioned 1667. (Drawing)
The stern of an English two-decker (Drawing)
Portrait of a small Dutch frigate (Drawing)
A Dutch rear squadron going to windward in a heavy sea (Drawing)
Portrait of an English third-rate (Drawing)
[The marriage journey of William of Orange and Princess Mary to Holland, 1677] The yachts reaching the coast of Holland, 29 November-9 December 1677 (Drawing)
Portrait of a States yacht (Drawing)
A galjoot and Dutch ships becalmed (Drawing)
A boat with five men in it (Drawing)
Visit of Charles II to the ‘Tiger’ at Woolwich: The King leaving one of the yachts (Drawing)
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