Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
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Naval engagement in the Roadstead of the Downs, 1639
Kort verhael van de wyt-ver= / maerde Scheeps-Slagh in Duyns/ / geschiet den 21 en 22 October. 1639
1639 or laterLetterpress text in nine numbered columns printed on five pieces of paper, joined to form two panels of text; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top, left and bottom | 16.5 x 49.5 cm (sheet of top text) | RCIN 722142.d
See RCIN 722142.a.
The accompanying letterpress text to a print in the Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-81.461) is very similar in layout and content to RCIN 722142.d but has a different setting. The Rijksmuseum print is very similar in design to RCIN 722142.b, and was published in 1643 by Claes Jansz Visscher II (see RCIN 722142.b).
? Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher)
Watermark: Text: indistinct, serpent superimposed on a staff with a building below; mount: cropped, kneeling figure in shield
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration
16.5 x 49.5 cm (sheet of top text)
16.6 x 62.2 cm (sheet of bottom text)
53.5 x 38.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Kort verhael van de wyt-ver= / maerde Scheeps-Slagh in Duyns/ / geschiet den 21 en 22 October. 1639.
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Downs Sep.r 1639
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] Fleet; [top right, black pencil, erased:] III/[?]. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1639.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement A View of the position of the Fleets prior to the Naval Engagement in the Downs between the Spanish and Dutch in Sept.r 1639: by Cornelius Bol: with Portraits of Admiral Tromp and Vice Admiral de Wit. 2 sheets. A small Plan of the Straits of Dover with the different positions of the Spanish and Dutch Fleets in Sept.r 1639: with two small views. published by Danckerts. 2 sheets. Descriptions of the Engagement in Latin and Dutch. (The large Print to which the small Views and Descriptions refer is wanting)
Subject(s)
The Downs, England (51°14ʹ00ʺN 01°26ʹ00ʺE)
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. 3054-3055
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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