
Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
View of the Battle of the Downs, 1639 (The Downs, England) 51°14ʹ00ʺN 01°26ʹ00ʺE
published 1640Letterpress text on two pieces of paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, top and right | 18.7 x 47.0 cm (sheet of top text) | RCIN 722145.c
A letterpress explanation to the view of the Battle of the Downs, 1639, at RCIN 722145.a. Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
Salomon Savery (1594-1678) (publisher) [at end of text:] t’AMSTERDAM. / By Salomon Savery, woonende inde Nieuw-straet, / Anno M.DC.XL.
Subject(s)
Navy-SpainNavy-NetherlandsMartin Harpertszoon Tromp, Adm/Holland and Westfriesland (1598-1653)Antonio de Oquendo (1577-1640)Watermark: Text: illegible; mount: cropped, part of a five-pointed crown
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration; foxing; remains of guard on verso of bottom edge
18.7 x 47.0 cm (sheet of top text)
18.7 x 47.1 cm (sheet of bottom text)
40.0 x 53.4 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Cort ende vvarachtigh Verhael, / Vande verwonderlicke Schip-strijdt voor-gevallen / op den 21 en 22 October 1639. tusschen de Armade vande / Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden, onder het beleydt / vanden E. Heer MARTEN HARPERSZ. TROMP, Luytenant Admi- / rael over Hollandt ende West-Vrieslandt, bestaende in 111 Schepen, onder / de welcke waren eenighe soo vande Oost ende West-Indische als Directeurs / Schepen ter eender: ende DON ANTONIO d’OQVENDO, Admirael / Generael van weghen den Koninck van Spagnien …
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Downs 21 Oct.r 1639
Other inscriptions: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Ware Afbeeldinge ende Overwinninge vande machtighe Spaensche Armade in Duyns geexploteert door den Admirael M.H. Tromp, 1639 den 21 October: door Abraham de Verwer, by S. Savery. 2 sheets: with a Portrait of Admiral Tromp and a Description.
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. 3059, 3060
Page revisions
23 May 2024
Current version