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The en:Battle of Malaga, 13 August 1704 by Isaac Sailmaker, oil on canvas, at the en:National Maritime Museum, London.

This shows the only fleet action fought at sea during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-14 and it was inconclusive. Each fleet included 51 ships of the line and the action was fought in strict line order. The Anglo-Dutch commander-in-chief was Sir George Rooke and his Franco-Spanish opposite number was the Comte de Toulouse, a bastard son of Louis XIV. In the left foreground the French flagship, the 'Foudroyant', 104 guns, in starboard-quarter view, is closely engaged to starboard with Rooke in the 'Royal Katherine', 90 guns. In the extreme left foreground is the port quarter of a Spanish ship and to the right of the flagships and in the background are groups of ships in action. The Spanish coast is seen in the distance. French galleys are also shown towing the French ships in and out of the action. The artist has shown the battle from a high horizon, depicting a panoramic view and colourful emphasis on flags and ensigns. Although the battle itself was indecisive and neither side lost a ship, the casualties were heavy and it put an end to the Franco-Spanish attempt to capture Gibraltar. Sailmaker was born in Scheveningen in 1633 and emigrated to England when young. He was an early marine painter working in England prior to 1710, although he had not benefited from the typical marine artist's apprenticeship. He was, however, among the artistic followers of the van de Veldes, who left Holland for England in 1672 and established a flourishing school of marine painting in London.

Measurements: Painting: 394 mm x 521 mm; Frame: 462 mm x 586 mm x 60 mm

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Peter I of Russia stops marauding soldiers after taking Narva in 1704

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Cover of first edition of La Clef du cabinet des princes de l'Europe, of July 1st, 1704.
Editors/printers: Claude Jordan (*~1659-?), André Chevalier (1660-1747). The paper was the first one ever published in the Dutchy of Luxembourg. It was aimed at the French market and published in Luxembourg to avoid censorship in France.

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Election of Stanisław Leszczyński in 1704

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A painting over the Russian city: Saint Petersburg

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Scan from Johann Christoph Brotze's book Sammlung verschiedner Liefländischer Monumente. A better description (in German) may be availale on the source site (linked below) - the image name (except for m at the end) corresponds to ID on that site e.g. BM01129A means volume 1 (1. sējuma...), scan 129A.

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Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633-1714)

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Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1683-1742)

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