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Title: Directions to a painter, 1667
Author: Marvell, Andrew ?
Attribution: Sir John Denham
Date(s): 1666
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Detailed satirical account, in the form of advice to a painter, of English
naval campaigns of 1664-1666, particularly the battle of Lowestoft during the
second Dutch war; imitating Waller's 'Instructions to a painter'. Lacks the
envoy.
Title: Directions to a painter
Author: Marvell, Andrew ?
Attribution: Sir John Denham
Date(s): 1666
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Detailed satirical account, in the form of advice to a painter (Gibson), of
the English naval battles of 1666 against the Dutch, particularly the part
played by George Monck, Duke of Albemarle; much is outspoken criticism of
English policy, put into the m
Title: Directions to a painter
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Sir John Denham
Date(s): 1667
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Satire, in the form of advice to a painter, of the conduct of affairs by
Charles II and his ministers in 1666-1667, particularly the policies that led
to the Dutch naval invasion of the Thames