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Description: | This collection numbers almost 200 items, dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, mostly portraits of British men (and very occasionally women) with maritime associations. There are a large number of portraits of Horation Nelson, and also of Lady Hamilton.
Important works and/or subjects within the collection include:
Nicholas Hilliard, portrait of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (c.1590).
Isaac Oliver, portrait of an unknown lady.
Samuel Cooper, portraits of Prince Rupert, Charles II, James, Duke of York, and Sir Edward Spragge.
John Dixon, portrait of George Monck, first Earl of Albemarle.; National Maritime Museum | Temporal: | 17th century - mid 1630-1675 18th century - early 1700-1730 16th century - late 1576-1599 17th century - early 1600-1629 17th century - late 1676-1699 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Romney Road
Greenwich London London United Kingdom,
SE10 9NF | FAX: | 0208 312 6632 | Telephone: | 0208 858 4422 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8679 | Go to resource |
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