4 of 7 April 2023 The 1805 Dispatches #23.02 Remember that there is a whole treasure trove here https://www.facebook.com/ The1805Club/ SHIP’S WORD WHEEL Take a ten-minute break and find as many words as possible, using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the hub letter and at least 3 others, used only once. No plurals (if only made by adding an ‘s’ or ‘es’), no foreign words not in common usage in English, nor proper nouns. There is at least one nine-letter word to be found. 20 = Average; 40 = Good; 50 = Amazing! Answers on page 6 VAN DE VELDES EXHIBITION Out of ‘our period’, but there is a splendid exhibition of the drawings and paintings of the 17th century artists Willem van de Velde, the Elder and his son, Willem van de Velde, the Younger, at Queen’s House, Greenwich, organised by Royal Museums Greenwich, called ‘Greenwich, Art and the Sea. It is more poignant because these two artists actually worked in Queen’s House, space having been given to them by Charles II. The exhibition continues until 14 January 2024, so there is no rush, but it is suspected that you will find second, third, or more, visits necessary because there are so many riches to see and enjoy. Your intrepid Club Secretary and slightly less trepid Editor visited the exhibition on 13 March en route to the book launch mention on page 5, and soon found that a couple of hours at Queen’s House were very inadequate. It is the drawings of the Van de Veldes that interest your Editor, in some ways more than the paintings, but the tapestry of the Battle of Solebay is quite breathtaking.It is a massive 3.94m (12’11”) by 5.64m (18’6”), weighing 36.4kg (80¼lb), and a couple of the details are shown here, together with the detail from one of the many pen paintings in the exhibition. Photos courtesy of Stephen Howarth. Above: The Burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay, 29 May 1672. Mortlake tapestry woven with wool warps, wool and silk wefts, woven after a design by Willem van de Velde, the Elder. Part shown. Right top and centre: Details from the same tapestry. Right below: Detail from a pen painting showing Willem van de Velde, the Elder, in his galliot at the Battle of Scheveningen,1656.
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