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HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits
Around 1860 Japan was in turmoil about whether or not the country should engage in trade with the West. In 1863 insurgents – advocates of an isolationist policy – fired on western vessels, including the Dutch warship Medusa, in the Shimonoseki Straits. In retaliation, the western allies mounted a military expedition to end the blockade. The Netherlands once again deployed HMS Medusa for this missi…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46C24
- http://iconclass.org/45C16
- Shimonoseki, Straat van
- Shimonoseki, Straat van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of A.T.J. de Casembroot-van de Poll
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46C24
- http://iconclass.org/45C16
- Shimonoseki, Straat van
- Shimonoseki, Straat van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of A.T.J. de Casembroot-van de Poll
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1864
- 1864
Place-Time
- third quarter 19th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8641
- SK-A-2725
Extent
- height 68 cm
- width 107 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1864
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:53.374Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:39.878Z