View of Scheveningen with the embarkation of Charles II for England on 23 may 1660
Drawing
02/06/1660 (made)
02/06/1660 (made)
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The view is from the north, with Scheveningen church and village on the left and the English fleet standing offshore on the right. A procession of carriages and carts makes its way towards the beach, accompanied by large crowds of spectators.
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Title | View of Scheveningen with the embarkation of Charles II for England on 23 may 1660 (published title) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink, with brown wash; framing line in dark brown ink; the verso rubbed with black chalk and the contours indented with a stylus. |
Brief description | Drawing, View of Scheveningen with the Embarkation of Charles II for England on 23 May 1660, by Jan de Bisschop, Dutch School, c.1660 |
Physical description | The view is from the north, with Scheveningen church and village on the left and the English fleet standing offshore on the right. A procession of carriages and carts makes its way towards the beach, accompanied by large crowds of spectators. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Object history | Presumably given by the artist to Charles II (ruled 1660–85), King of England and Scotland; John Drayton Wyatt (1820–91), London, 1869, by whom bequeathed to the museum (dry stamp version of L. 1958), 24 June 1891. |
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Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. I, Cat. no. 21, illus. pp. 22-3. |
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Accession number | D.468-1891 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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