Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638)
Battle of Gibraltar, 1607
Battle of Gibraltar, 1607
VVare afbeeldinghe van de gheweldighe Slach terzee / tusschen de Armade des Konings van Spangien / ende de Schepen van Oorloghe de E. M. H. Staten der vereenichde Nederlanden /ondert beleyt / van den waren Edelen ende... 1607 or later
Letterpress text on six pieces of paper, joined to give four columns; mounted side by side on one sheet of paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 53.5 x 38.9 cm (mount) | RCIN 721130.b
Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638)
Battle of Gibraltar, 1607 (Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory) 36?08'00"N 05?21'00"W 1607 or later
Detailed object viewer
Letterpress explanatory text (with RCIN 721130.c) to RCIN 721130.a. Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence (1568-1648).
Each of the four columns carries the printed numbers in the margin at the bottom of the column: 1; 2; [3 is cropped and pasted to the top of:] 4; [5 is cropped and pasted to the top of :] 6.
-
Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1638) (publisher) [bottom right, at foot of column 13 on RCIN 721130.c:] t’AMSTERDAM / By Willem Iansz. Blaeuw, op’t Water / in de vergulde Sonne-wijser.
-
Watermark: Text: none visible. Mount: indistinct: three hills in a double circle?
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration along edge of text from adhesive, some pressure marks
-
53.5 x 38.9 cm (mount)
31.6 x 8.0 cm (sheet first column)
31.8 x 8.2 cm (sheet second column)
32.3 x 9.4 cm (sheet third column)
32.7 x 9.3 cm (sheet fourth column)
3.8 x 88.5 cm (sheet title strip)
-
Printed title:
VVare afbeeldinghe van de gheweldighe Slach terzee / [printed character] tusschen de Armade des Konings van Spangien / [printed character] ende de Schepen van Oorloghe de E. M. H. Staten der vereenichde Nederlanden / [printed character] ondert beleyt / van den waren Edelen ende Erntfesten Admirael Jacob Heemskerck van Amsterdam/ [printed character] gheschiet den rrven April M DC VII. op de Reede voor de Stadt van Gibraltar. [printed in Gothic characters on four pieces pf paper; joined and pasted across top of mount, folded in from each edge to accommodate the smaller size of the mount]
Additional text:
[top of column 1:] KLAER / ENDE / Waerachtich ver= / hael van den Scheeps-strydt/ [printed character] / gheschiet den 25. April 1607. op de Ree= | de van Gibraltar/ [printed character] tusschē de Armade des Konings / van Hispanien ter eender / [printed character] ende de Oorlog-sche= / pen der E. M. H. Staten der Vereenigde / Nederlanden ter ander zijden.
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Bay of Gibraltar 25th April 1607.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1607. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Pugnæ Navalis Effigies quæ a Classe Armata Regis Hispaniæ atque Ordinum Provinciarum Confœderatarum Navibus Præsidiariis sub auspicio Architalassi Jacobi Heemskerckii peracta est sub Propugnaculis Civitatis Gibraltar, 25 Aprilis 1607: cum Effigie Heemskerckii. 3 tab: et Descriptione: apud Blaeu. [The same entry appears under the heading Gibraltar]
-
Probably from the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-22 October 1657); inherited by his brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); sold by Carlo Antonio’s grandson to Clement XI, 1703; acquired by Cardinal Alessandro Albani by 1714, from whom purchased by George III in 1762
-
Subject(s)
Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory (36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W)
-
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2805-2808
Page revisions
The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.