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'Marlborough at the Battle of Oudenarde, 1708', (1944). Creator: Unknown.

'Marlborough at the Battle of Oudenarde, 1708', (1944). Tapestry depicting British military leader John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (on a white horse) at the Battle of Oudenarde, fought in July 1708 at Oudenaarde in Flanders, during the the War of the Spanish Succession. The battle was fought between the forces of Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire on the one side and those of France on the other, and resulted in a victory for the allies. This is one of the Victory tapestries commissioned by the Duke to commemorate his victories at Blendheim, Ramilles, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. The tapestries were designed by Lambert de Hondt and woven by Judocus de Vos in Brussels. They are part of the collection at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. From "British Soldiers', by S. H. F. Johnston. [Collins, London, 1944].
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'Marlborough at the Battle of Oudenarde, 1708', (1944). Creator: Unknown.
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'Marlborough at the Battle of Oudenarde, 1708', (1944). Tapestry depicting British military leader John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (on a white horse) at the Battle of Oudenarde, fought in July 1708 at Oudenaarde in Flanders, during the the War of the Spanish Succession. The battle was fought between the forces of Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire on the one side and those of France on the other, and resulted in a victory for the allies. This is one of the Victory tapestries commissioned by the Duke to commemorate his victories at Blendheim, Ramilles, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. The tapestries were designed by Lambert de Hondt and woven by Judocus de Vos in Brussels. They are part of the collection at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. From "British Soldiers', by S. H. F. Johnston. [Collins, London, 1944]
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Image size:
4498 x 4932 px | 63.5 MB
Print size:
38.1 x 41.8 cm | 15.0 x 16.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 1940S • 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH • 20TH CENTURY • ANIMAL • ARMED FORCES • ARMIES ARMY • ARMIES • ARMY • BATTLE OF OUDENAARDE • BATTLE OF OUDENARDE • BATTLE • BATTLEFIELD • BELGIUM • BRITAIN IN PICTURES • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CENTURY • CHURCHILL • COLLINS • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • COUNT OF • COUNTRY • DE HONDT • DE VOS • DECADE • DECORATIVE • DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH • DUKE OF • DUKE • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • FIRST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH • FLANDERS • FORTIES • GUY • HISTORY • HONDT • HORSES • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • JOHN CHURCHILL • JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH • JOHN DUKE OF MAR • JOHN • JOHNSTON • JOS DE VOS • JOS DE • JOSSE DE VOS • JOSSE DE • JUDOCUS DE VOS • JUDOCUS DE • JUDOCUS • LAMBERT DE HONDT • LAMBERT DE • LAMBERT • LOCATION • MAJOR S. H. F. JOHNSTON • MAJOR SAMUEL HENRY FERGUS JOHNSTON • MALE • MAN • MARLBOROUGH • MEN • MINDELHEIM • NELLENBURG • PEOPLE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PRINCE OF MINDELHEIM • PRINCE OF • RIDER • RIDING • ROYAL • ROYALTY • S H F JOHNSTON • S H F • S. H. F. JOHNSTON • S. H. F. • SAMUEL HENRY FERGUS JOHNSTON • SAMUEL HENRY FERGUS • SOCIAL HISTORY • SOLDIERS • TAPESTRIES • TAPESTRY • TRIUMPH • TRIUMPHAL • VICTORIOUS • VICTORY TAPESTRIES • VOS • WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION • WAR • WILLIAM COLLINS & SONS • WILLIAM COLLINS • WILLIAM