File:Robert Blake (1598-1657), General at Sea RMG BHC2559.tiff
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anonymous: Robert Blake (1598-1657), General at Sea
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British School, 17th century |
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Robert Blake (1598-1657), General at Sea  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
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portrait |
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| Description |
English: Robert Blake (1598-1657), General at Sea A half-length portrait to left in a breastplate and leather coat. The sitter was one of the first to take up arms against Charles I in 1642. He commanded troops against the Royalists in the Civil War and defended Lyme Regis and afterwards Taunton for the Parliamentary cause. In 1649 he was appointed a general at sea to suppress Prince Rupert’s squadron. He later commanded the fleet in several battles against the Dutch during the first Anglo-Dutch war, 1652-53. On the declaration of war with Spain in 1656 he blockaded Cadiz and destroyed the Spanish fleet at Santa Cruz. Blake died on the return voyage and his body lay in state in the Hall of the Queen’s House at Greenwich. The author of the portrait is unknown but it may have been painted by Captain Thomas Preston for the citizens of London and is often identified as the Pelly Portrait of Admiral Robert Blake. |
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| Depicted people |
Robert Blake |
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| Date | 17th century | |||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 975 mm x 841 mm x 76 mm;Painting: 760 mm x 635 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2559 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14033 | |||||||||||
| 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: 1938-388 id number: BHC2559 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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