Took this in a London gallery. It's a surprisingly pleasant, bloodless post-battle scene during the English Civil War. Even with bodies lying about, the soft baby blues and pinks make it seem warm and cuddly.
A remarkable feat.
Even stranger: the Dutch got involved in the conflict, took a small island, stomped about, and went home.
Everyone involved forgot all about it.
A historian inquired about this Dutch army day trip, and much to their surprise, discovered that England and the Netherlands were still formally at war, and had been for over three centuries.
The two embarrassed governments 'quickly' signed a formal peace treaty in April, 1986, after 335 years of non-conflict.
What a wonderfully boring war. The very best kind.
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