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| Keywords: Reinier Nooms - Shipping off Algiers.jpg Artwork creator Reinier Nooms en An representation of Dutch shipping off the harbour and city of Algiers The principal ships fly the Dutch flag and are possibly merchantmen of the Dutch Company The vessels in the centre and the far right are Mediterranean galleys The town of Algiers rises on the hill behind the port with its distinctive fortified lighthouse at the end of the mole A pair of dolphins is depicted in the foreground in the bay a typical motif of Dutch marine artists mid other date century 17 Oil on canvas cm 49 5 59 7 National Maritime Museum BHC1766 credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London Palmer Collection Acquired with the assistance of H M Treasury the Caird Fund the Art Fund the Pilgrim Trust and the Society for Nautical Research Macpherson Fund 1 http //www nmm ac uk/collections/explore/object cfm ID BHC1766 picture 1 content National Maritime Museum<br/>2 http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/13246 html Royal Museums Greenwich Other versions PD-old-100-1923 Reinier Nooms Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Algeria under Ottoman rule History of Algiers Paintings of flags of the Netherlands | ||||
