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@17thCenturyLady There's an exciting project to reconstruct the Lenox, a 70-gun third rater built in 1678 in Deptford. Can you imagine sailing in a full-size replica Restoration ship of the line?
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Pic: Lenox and two other Navy ships fight a Spanish 70-gunner, 1740
@17thCenturyLady Fubbs the yacht was scrapped in 1781, of course; Madam Carwell wasn't scrapped by Charles II, but remained in high favour until his death.
She returned to France and died in Paris on 14 November 1734, aged 85.
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@17thCenturyLady I always love Charles II's yacht Fubbs, named for the plumptastic Louise de Kerouaille. Designed by Phineas Pett and built in 1682 at Greenwich, Fubbs was ketch-rigged and underwent several rebuilds. She was scrapped in 1781
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@17thCenturyLady @stuartparties @stuartsonline @RoyalStuartSoc @MuseumCromwell @cheapsellotape @ColemanDennehy @LeandadeLisle @jdmccafferty @kristianjmartin @RestorationHat Charles II and his brother loved sailing. The King named one of his yachts Fubbs ('chubby'), his nickname for Louise de Kerouaille. Despite its name it was fast😏
Here are Fubbs the ketch-rigged yacht (with the Katherine) and Fubbs the mistress
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@17thCenturyLady @stuartparties @stuartsonline @RoyalStuartSoc @MuseumCromwell @cheapsellotape @ColemanDennehy @LeandadeLisle @jdmccafferty @kristianjmartin @RestorationHat Young Charles. He was an unusually large baby (his poor, small, mother!) and dark.
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@17thCenturyLady @jdmccafferty @cheapsellotape @MuseumCromwell @ColemanDennehy @CryssaBazos @RoyalStuartSoc @EnglishCivilWar Any excuse to post that hilarious Honthorst painting of Charles I and Henrietta Maria as Apollo and Diana with Buckingham as Mercury!
@17thCenturyLady @jdmccafferty @cheapsellotape @MuseumCromwell @ColemanDennehy @CryssaBazos @RoyalStuartSoc @EnglishCivilWar Masques! Charles I and Henrietta Maria continued the tradition, when circumstances allowed, and appeared in some (not to universal approval). The Banqueting House was the ideal setting; somewhat ironically, with hindsight
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@17thCenturyLady If I were the time-traveller, I'd take Charles II shopping for furniture and fabrics (the time machine's big, right?) He'd know all the best shops, the most exquisite fashions, and he'd be great company - fun and interesting!
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@17thCenturyLady @quintonjournals @jdmccafferty @1642Author @PlymPrivateer @DrRJWarren @cheapsellotape The royal yacht Fubbs, named by Charles II after his nickname for Louise de Kerouaille. Designed by Phineas Pett and built in 1682 at Greenwich, Fubbs was ketch-rigged and underwent several rebuilds before being scrapped in 1781
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@17thCenturyLady @RestorationHat @jdmccafferty @cheapsellotape @kristianjmartin @TheFrameBlogMag Where to go for #StuartsSaturday nudes but #BaroqueBacchanalia? Nicolas Poussin was fond of them.
The Empire of Flora, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Bacchic scene, Prado; Bacchanal of Putti, National Gallery of Ancient Art Rome
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