The Siege of Malta: Valetta, 13 September 1565 Frame:White and those fascinated by 18th-century

and those fascinated by 18th-century maritime achievement

Artist: Herbert George Ponting

Resembling bowling balls

600 light years from Earth

This is section number ten of twenty five

The Siege of Malta: Valetta, 13 September 1565 Frame:White and those fascinated by 18th-centuryThis is the eighth of eight pictures commemorating the Siege of Malta in 1565. The back of the canvases bear the cipher of Charles I indicating that they were once in his collection. The set as a whole is a version of the larger series still in place in the Council Chamber of the Grand Master's Palace in Valletta. It shows a plan of the new fortified city of Valletta with a bird's eye view of the buildings. This was founded by the Grand Master Jean