A view of Øresund, 1658 (Øresund [Sont, Sund, Eyrarsund, The Sound], Denmark (and other countries) 55°50ʹ00ʺN 12°40ʹ00ʺE

Hugo Allard the Elder (1627-84) (publisher) [bottom, below text, left of centre:] Hugo. Allardt. excudit.

Subject(s)

Watermark: None visible

Condition:one fold line; creased; brown discolouration; one fold line to the mount, not coincident with print fold line; brown discolouration and some foxing to print and mount. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso

36.0 x 49.9 cm (image)

partly cropped (platemark)

33.7 x 49.9 cm (neatline)

36.6 x 51.0 cm (sheet)

39.3 x 53.5 cm (mount)

Printed title:

WARE AFBEELDINGE VAN DEN BLOEDIGEN ZEESLAG / Tussen D.E.L. AD. OBDAM. en HOGH MOEDIGEN. AD. VRANGEL. / geschiet tussen 8. en. 9. nouember: 1658: [top corner, to each side of a winged victory and flanked on the left by a portrait of Admiral Wrangel and on the right by a portrait of Admiral Opdam]

Additional text:

[below view, a brief description of the losses on both sides and keys, A-I, K-T, V-Z and a-i, k.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Sound 8 and 9 Nov.^r 1658.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, red pencil: 3/6[?]. [top left, black pencil, erased:] III/[?]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] III/137.

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement Ware Afbeeldinge van den bloedigen Zeeslag tussen de Ad. Obdam en Ad. Urangel geschiet tussen 8 en 9 November 1658: by H. Allardt

Bibliographic reference(s)

Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3236