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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.

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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

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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

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