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thesaurus/cnp01424085 Rooke, George

Rooke, George

Record IDcnp01424085
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01424085
Gendermale
Biographical Data1650 - 1709
Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

1692 zum Ritter geschlagen; 1704 Eroberer von Gibraltar

More Information

Further Biographical DataXX.XX.1650-24.01.1709
1650-1709
Title of NobilityRitter (gnd)
ActivityPersonen zu politischer Theorie, Militär (8.4p) (sswd)
Admiral (gnd)
Eroberer (gnd)
(reere-)admiral
Geographic NoteGroßbritannien
GB (iso3166)

Names

HeadingRooke, George
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands)
Rooke, George, Sir
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Rooke, George
used in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands)
Variant NameRoke, George
Rook, G.
Rook, George
Rook, George, Sir
Rook, Reere-Admiral
Rooke, George, Sir
Rooke

Sources

Found inInternet. — LCAuth. — Mortzfeld, Peter: Katalog der graphischen Porträts in der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, A 17943. — ESTC/NA/84.11.8. — Harley, R. The Speaker's speech to Sir George Rooke, 1702 tp. — GK55. — DNB. — KE=George Rooke, admiral; knighted 1692/3.1.20. — LCAuth. — Internet. — Mortzfeld, Peter: Katalog der graphischen Porträts in der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, A 17943
Imprint SourcesDie zur See gebrochene Macht der Cron Franckreich ... - 1704
Journaal van den heer ridder George Roke, die, voo..., 1693
depiction of ...
Caption from the museum's website
A three-quarter-length portrait to the right of Admiral Sir George Rooke, Admiral of the Fleet. He wears a gold-braided red cloth coat with wide sleeves, grey-brown full-bottomed wig and a white neck-cloth. His right arm rests on the muzzle of a cannon and he holds a telescope in his left hand. Behind him in both the right and left backgrounds, is a depiction of the Battle of Malaga, 1704. Admiral Rooke's flagship, the 'Royal Katharine' with the Union flag at the main, is seen in port-quarter view, engaging the 'Foudroyant', which was the flagship of the Franco-Spanish fleet under the Comte de Toulouse, an illegitimate son of Louis XIV. Though inconclusive, the Battle of Malaga was the only fleet action fought at sea during the War of the Spanish Succession. This portrait is one of a series commissioned for the Royal Collection at the time of Queen Anne and was presented to Greenwich Hospital by George IV in 1824. The Swedish painter travelled to London in 1682, where he became acquainted with Godfrey Kneller. In 1685, he left for Europe and returned to London in 1689 where he remained. During Dahl's absence, Kneller consolidated his supremacy as the fashionable portrait painter, although the prolific Dahl was his closest competitor. Politically, Kneller supported the ascendant Whigs, while Dahl was a Tory. The death of Kneller in 1723 left Dahl the principal London portraitist.

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