HMS Northumberland and other ships of the so-called Black Battlefleet at sea 1896
<p>signed and dated 'De Simone 1896' (lower right)
</p><p>The 'Black Battlefleet' was a contemporary term applied to those mid-Victorian ironclads whose hulls were painted a sombre plain black.<br></p>
Lot number: Live Auction 5130 lot 96 Sale 14 Nov 2007<br>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21461678" class="extiw" title="d:Q21461678"><span title="Italian painter (1805-1888)">Tommaso de Simone</span></a>
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1896<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1896-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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