Posts Tagged ‘Batavia Wherf’

The story about “Zeven Provinciën”, Royal Netherlands Navy

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

"Zeven Provinciën", Royal Netherlands Navy

“Zeven Provinciën”

A  very fine painting of this Eighty gun Ship of the Line, full size replica now building at the Batavia Wherf,  Leylastad, in the Netherlands.

The original plan was to produce prints, the sale of which would support this amazing project. At that time it was not possible to produce small print runs economically (it is now).

Collect your signed numbered copy of this beautiful painting using Paypal from page http://www.frickers.co.uk/prints.html 

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Zeven Provinciën, many thanks for your assistance

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Good evening Rex,

Thank you for your previous emails and the one below.
We are not quite at the end of this! Rex_S_Batavia_stern_detail_23A_0022_wp.jpg

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European Parliament, Exposition a la Parlement Européen and adventures North

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

EP_logo_2_JPEG.jpgThe exhibition of The Art of Gordon Frickers a collection of marine paintings at the European Parliament continues today which is also my birthday.

My view is birthdays should be fun, my last few have not been – so how to make it so? (more…)