Francis Gallery

The Armada in sight, Plymouth hoe, 1880, (1911). Artist: John Seymour Lucas

The Armada in sight, Plymouth hoe, 1880, (1911). A depiction of the apocryphal story that Sir Francis Drake (c1540-1596) played a game of bowls in Plymouth Hoe in 1588 while waiting for the tide to change before sailing out with the English fleet to engage with the Spanish Armada. Painting held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, SydneyFrom Bibby's Annual 1911, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]. (Colorised black and white print)

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They presented him with gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh, mid-late 19th century

They presented him with gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh, mid-late 19th century. Biblical scene, from Matthew 2: 11: And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh'. The Nativity: the Magi bring gifts to the Christ-child, on the lap of his mother Mary. Engraving after Adoration of the Magi, a painting of 1633 by Nicolas Poussin, in the Gemaeldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

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Fishermen by the Shore - Coastal Scene with a Man Sitting on Rocks and Smoking a Pipe

Fishermen by the Shore - Coastal Scene with a Man Sitting on Rocks and Smoking a Pipe, Next to a Standing Young Woman, with a Second Woman Behind, 1786

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