The Embarkation at Dover (1520s)

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Here’s some photos of a painting I like. It shows Henry VIII setting sail for the Field of the Cloth of Gold for his swank-off with Francis I. The pictures aren’t the greatest, a tripod and polariser would improve them greatly, but you can still see all the details.

rigging

rowboat

ship

gate

I like the poses people always have in paintings from this period.

battlements


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