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Sir John Berry
Original Author: Michael Dahl
Created: ca. 1689
Medium: Oil on canvas
Publisher: Library and Archives Canada

Sir John Berry

Sir John Berry, an admiral in the Royal Navy, sits before a backdrop that features a masted ship in this painting made circa 1689 by Swedish-born artist Michael Dahl. Berry was one of three royal commissioners sent by King Charles II to put down Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia.