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Battle of the Nile, Augt 1st 1798, painted by Thomas Whitcombe in 1816. The Battle of the Nile was a significant naval action fought from 1 to 3 August 1798. The battle took place in Aboukir Bay, near the mouth of the River Nile on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, and pitted a British fleet of the Royal Navy against a fleet of the French Navy.
The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes. It was the first institution ...
Despite subsequent minor success against merchant ships, including the Battle of Vizagapatam, Linois's failure to inflict significant damage to British trade in the Far East enraged Napoleon, and in late 1805, with supplies running low and his ships in need of repair, Linois began the return journey to Europe with just his flagship and a single ...
In Sightlines, however, Thompson presents African art as valuable in its own right, offering thoroughly researched facts pertaining to each object’s era and place of origin, and—most ...
By the South African Art Gallery Act of 1895 the South African Government took over the collection in trust and purchased the premises from the Association for R12 000. A board of five trustees were elected in 1896 to manage the collection. [1] The National Gallery Act made provision for the building of new premises, but foundations were only ...
Lieutenant General Hideyoshi Obata (on inspection tour of Guam during battle; seppuku there 11 August) 14th Air Fleet Defenses of Saipan Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito (seppuku 7 July) Approx. 25,500 army and 6,200 navy personnel 43rd Division 118th Infantry Regiment 135th Infantry Regiment 136th Infantry Regiment Divisional support
African art describes modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual cultures from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent. The definition may also include the art of the African diasporas, such as art in African-American, Caribbean or South American societies inspired by African traditions. Despite ...
The Battle of Alexander at Issus; The Beach at Sainte-Adresse; HMS Belvidera (1809) List of waterscapes by Frank Weston Benson; Bermuda No. 2, The Schooner; Black Admiral; HMS Black Joke (1827) The Blue Bird (Metzinger) The Boat Builders (painting) Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill; The Boat (Matisse) HMS Boxer (1812) The Bridge at Villeneuve-la ...