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Description: | The Bay of Naples is depicted with the British fleet at anchor on 1 August 1718 under the command of Sir George Byng. This scene is set a few days before the Battle of Passaro in 1718 in which the Spanish fleet was destroyed by Byng on behalf of the Quadruple Alliance (Austria, Britain, France and the Netherlands). Byng was in the ship called the Barfleur and the ships of his two junior officers are flying Union flags, the custom at that station at that time. The work is by Gaspar Butler, an artist working in Naples, Italy, about 1718 although the inscription has been restored incorrectly. There is one other known version of this painting. | Subjects: | marine; military and war; landscape; history; place (Bay of Naples) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Butler, Gaspar (Italian(?) artist, active 18th century) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8328... | Go to resource |
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