{"title":"Lacy, Charles John de","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles John de Lacy (1856-1929)\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of the foremost British marine artists of his period. He was especially known for his warship imagery and was regularly commissioned by Elswick, Tyne and Wear shipbuilder W. G. Armstrong Whitworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSon of Robert de Lacy, a professor of music, and his wife Eliza, Charles de Lacy was born in 1856 in Sunderland, County Durham, and grew up in the Bishopwearmouth area of the city. Although he would do much work in that area, by 1870 his family had relocated from the North East of England to Lambeth in London. While in Lambeth, he married Alice Harriet Hill in 1880 and they had two daughters, Constance Rosamond De Lacy (b.1881) and Irene Valerie Cristoforo De Lacy (b.1901). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889, having undertaken training at The National Gallery. Magazines such as The Illustrated London News were among early patrons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable works include The Battle Against the Spanish Armada, The Kinfauns Castle as a Troopship (National Maritime Museum), HMS Vindictive Storming Zeebrugge Mole (during the Zeebrugge Raid) (Britannia Royal Naval College), The Sinking of the Lusitania and The Funeral of Queen Victoria, Portsmouth 1st February 1901.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of his work was done as book illustration or as commercial art for shipbuilders. Amongst major publishing names who used his material were Frederick Warne \u0026amp; Co, Thomas Nelson, Cassell, Methuen Publishing and S.P.C.K.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1936 is often cited as his death date, however this is incorrect. He died in Cheam, Surrey.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lacy-charles-j-de-1856-1929-victory-over-armada-1930s","title":"Lacy, Charles J. 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The picture features the glorious victory over the Spanish Armada by Queen Elizabeth's Seamen 1588, a double-page picture from one of the editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 6688 pixels wide by 4768 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/lacy-charles-john-de\" title=\"Charles de Lacy\"\u003eCharles de Lacy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52824998379850,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Lacy_CharlesJ.De_1856-1929_-VictoryoverArmada1930s_main.jpg?v=1758133259"},{"product_id":"lacy-charles-j-de-1856-1929-birth-of-modern-industry-1930s","title":"Lacy, Charles J. 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