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Fragment of a Ship Flag
anonymous, 1600 - 1699
Groot fragment van een witte scheepsvlag met een rood kruis (St. George's cross).
- Artwork typeship flag
- Object numberNG-MC-1889-83-6
- Dimensionsheight 350 cm x width 430 cm
- Physical characteristicswool
Identification
Title(s)
Fragment of a Ship Flag
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-1889-83-6
Description
Groot fragment van een witte scheepsvlag met een rood kruis (St. George's cross).
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Creation
Creation
maker: anonymous, England
Dating
1600 - 1699
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Physical description
wool
Dimensions
height 350 cm x width 430 cm
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Period
1600 - 1700
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Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
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anonymous
Fragment of a Ship Flag
England, 1600 - 1699
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-83-6
Entry
Large fragment of a white ship flag, bearing a red cross (St George’s cross).
Literature
W.G. Perrin, ‘British Naval Ensigns’, The Mariner’s Mirror 1 (1911), no. 7, pp. 167-72; M. van den Brandhof, Vlaggen, vaandels en standaarden van het Rijksmuseum. Een geïllustreerde catalogus, Amsterdam 1977, no. 110; T. Wilson, Flags at Sea, London 1986
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Fragment of a Ship Flag, England, 1600 - 1699', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054328
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