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photo credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

Artist Continental European before 1800 8

Who painted this mythological scene and what is its subject?

photo credit: Hampshire County Council’s Fine Art Collection

Painting description British 18th C, except portraits, Maritime Subjects 17

Which royal review does this painting depict, and which yacht? Is it by Dominic Serres?

Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway (1770–1846)

photo credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Artist Maritime Subjects, Portraits: British 19th C 22

Is this portrait of Admiral Otway by John James Masquerier (1778–1855)?

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photo credit: Doncaster Museum Service

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photo credit: Museums Sheffield

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photo credit: Southampton City Art Gallery

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