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i. William Schellinks: Painter, Draughtsman, Etcher and Poet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2009

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Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series , Volume 1 , July 1993 , pp. 1 - 5
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1 The frontispiece of the Journal gives the name ‘Jaq. Thierry junior’ before that of Schellinks, but we have found no evidence that Thierry was a co-author.

2 Most artists' dictionaries give Schellinks's birthdate as 1627, following A.D. de Vries, Willem Schellinks-Teekenaar-Etser-Dichter, in Oud Holland I, 1883Google Scholar. Dudok van Heel of the Amsterdam City Archives confirmed his baptism as 2 February 1623.

3 Murray, Edward Croft and Hulton, Paul, Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum (cited as ECM) Voi I, 1960.Google Scholar

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6 Thieme, U. and Becker, F., Allgemeines Lexicon der bildenden Künstler. Vol 30. Leipzig 1930Google Scholar. Another version was sold in New York in 1935.

7 See Bol, Laurence J., Die Holländische Marinemalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Brunswick, 1973, 297–9Google Scholar. Information from Gregory Rubinstein.

8 e.g. Brandt, Gerard, ‘Michiel de Ruiter’ (1687).Google Scholar

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10 From Spanish ‘Olla Podrida’, a kind of stew.

11 Houbraken, Arnold (1661–1721), De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlandsche Konstchilders en Schilderessen, Amsterdam 1718/1721Google Scholar. Reprint ed. P.T.A. Swillens, Maastricht 1943. It is a continuation of Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck, 1604.Google Scholar

12 The first Anglo-Dutch war, 1652–1654, with several sea battles in one of which the Dutch Admiral Tromp was killed; the blockade of the Dover Straits greatly damaged Dutch Trade. The Treaty of Westminster, signed April 1654, was considered lenient to the Dutch.

13 See Journal 21 07 1661, 18 09 1662.Google Scholar

14 See Journal 14 08 1661 and text-note 21.Google Scholar

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18 See text-note 16. For a history of Bridge Place see Pinham, Malcolm, Lesser Known Buildings, Bridge Place, Kent, in Blackmanbury, 08–10 1968.Google Scholar