Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Letterpress text printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B) | 23.8 x 25.6 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722141.b
Cornelis Danckerts I (c. 1603-1656)
Letterpress text accompanying the view of a naval engagement in the Roadstead of the Downs, 1639, at RCIN 722141.a.
Cornelis Danckerts I (c. 1603-1656) (publisher)
Watermark: Text: indistinct: large letter L with the smaller letters LB and a '4' above to the right. Mount: cropped: part of a crown.
Condition: slight brown discolouration to text and mount
23.8 x 25.6 cm (sheet)
27.4 x 29.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Vray pourtrait & relation de l’espouventable & cruelle, combien que Victorieuse / Bataille de mer, faite entre la puissante Armada du Roy d’Espāgne, sur la conduicte del’Admiral / d’Oquendo, & l’Armade des tres puissans Seigneurs les estats des Provinces unies du pais-bas.
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Downs Sept.r 1639.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement A View of the Naval Engagement in the Downs between the Spanish Fleet commanded by Admiral de Oquendo and the Dutch Fleet commanded by Admiral M.H. Tromp in Sept.r 1639: by C. Dankersz and S.I. Bruch; with a Description, 1639.
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
The Downs, England (51°14ʹ00ʺN 01°26ʹ00ʺE)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3047