National Maritime Museum

Royal Borough of Greenwich, United Kingdom · 8 works · 8 painters

The National Maritime Museum, in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom, is the country's leading maritime museum. Its historic buildings, including the seventeenth-century Queen's House and the Royal Observatory, are part of a World Heritage Site. Created by the National Maritime Act of 1934, it officially opened in 1937. Its painting holdings combine British and seventeenth-century Dutch maritime art with a substantial collection of portraits. Highlights featured online include "A View of Greenwich and the Queen's House from the South-East" by Hendrick Danckerts, "Captain the Honourable Augustus Keppel, 1725-86" by Joshua Reynolds, and "Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805" by Lemuel Francis Abbott.

Works

**A View of Greenwich and the Queen's House from the South-East**Hendrick Danckerts1670

**James, Duke of York, 1633-1701**Henri Gascar1672

**Captain the Honourable Augustus Keppel, 1725-86**Joshua Reynolds1752

**Admiral of the Fleet Howe (1726-1799), 1st Earl Howe**John Singleton Copley1794

**A Dutch Merchant Ship Running Between Rocks in Rough Weather**Willem van de Velde the Younger1651

**Peter Pett and the Sovereign of the Seas**Peter Lely1645

**Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805**Lemuel Francis Abbott1798

**Robert Devereux, 1565-1601, 2nd Earl of Essex**Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger1598

Artists with work in this museum

Joshua Reynolds 1
John Singleton Copley 1
Willem van de Velde the Younger 1
Peter Lely 1
Lemuel Francis Abbott 1
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger 1
Hendrick Danckerts 1
Henri Gascar 1