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The painting depicts the historical event that happened during English navigator Henry Hudson final voyage to search for the Northwest passage, when his crew mutinied in Hudson Bay, and he, his son and others were abandoned in a small boat, on 23 June 1611. It is unknown what happened to Hudson, his son and his men after this, but its presumed ...
Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United States.
The painting was lot no. 192 in the April 14–16, 1943 sale at Parke-Bernet Galleries. Victor David Spark (1898-1991), an art dealer, bought the painting. [17] That same year, Maxim Karolik acquired the painting. A well-known art collector of American art, Karolik and his wife, Martha, bequest the painting to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in ...
Man carrying a keg up the mountain – The ghost of one of Henry Hudson's crew members; Ninepin bowlers – The ghosts of Henry Hudson's crewmen from his ship, the Half-Moon; they share their liquor with Rip Van Winkle and play a game of ninepins. Brom Dutcher – Van Winkle's neighbor who went off to war while Van Winkle was sleeping
The ship was captained by Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service of the Dutch Republic. [2] In 1909, the Kingdom of the Netherlands presented the United States with a replica of Halve Maen to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Hudson's voyage; the replica was destroyed in a fire in 1934. Over fifty years later, in 1989, the New Netherland ...
Last Voyage of Henry Hudson (1881), Tate Britain, London [56] Clytemnestra after the Murder (1882), Guildhall Art Gallery, London; The Pharaoh's Handmaidens (1883), private collection; The Priestess of Bacchus (1885–1889) Lilith (1887), Atkinson Art Gallery and Library, Southport [57] The Water Baby (1890) Horace and Lydia (1890)
Getty Images(3) While fans are familiar with one half of Oliver and Kate Hudson’s famous family, the other half is lesser known. The siblings are the eldest two children of actor and musician ...
Many surviving images have been badly worn over the years, or incompetently "restored". Inscriptions are often later than the paintings themselves, and may reflect wishful thinking; many anonymous Tudor ladies were identified as "Mary I", or, especially, one or other of Henry VIII's queens, by the owners of pictures.