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A view of the English Channel 1666
c.1667Etching; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left and top | 29.4 x 40.5 cm (image) | RCIN 723128
A view of the Four Days' Battle fought on 11, 12, 13 and 14 June (N.S.) 1666 between the navy of the Dutch Republic commanded by Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (1607-76) and Admiral Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp (1629-91) and the English fleet, commanded by George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-70), resulting in a Dutch victory. Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7).
Published in Kort en Bondigh Verhael Van 't geene in den Oorlogh, Tusschen den Koningh van Engelant &c. … Amsterdam: J. Benjamin, (1667). Two other editions of this work were also published in 1667 by Hillebrant van Wouw, 's Gravenhage and by Gerrit Nieuwenhuysen, Utrecht. See Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-82.042 (last accessed 1 December 2017).
Jacob Benjamin (fl. 1654-1667) (publisher)
Subject(s)
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-70)Tromp, Cornelius van, s.Martin van Tromp (1629-1691)Ruyter, Michael Adrianzoon van (1607-1676)Navy-EnglandNavy-DutchWatermark: Print: crown with cartouche below, the letters AR within. Mount: none.
Condition: four fold lines; brown discolouration and stains. Verso: worn and surface dirt on fold lines; repairs to torn fold made with a strip of rough paper before being mounted. 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
29.4 x 40.5 cm (image)
29.7 x 41.6 cm (platemark)
29.8 x 41.7 cm (sheet)
39.3 x 50.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
ZEE-SLAG TUSSEN D’ENGELSE EN NEERLANDERS, ONDER ‘T BELEYDT VAN D’ ADMIRALEN, MONCK, ENDE RUYTER. OP DEN 11, 12, 13, en 14 Iuni, 1666. [bottom right, outside neatline:] f.o 152 [across top of print]
Insets:
[top left, in oval frame of olive leaves, a portrait:] L Admirael G.M. de Ruyter. [top centre, in a similar frame:] L. Admirael Monck. [top right, also in a similar frame:] L. Admirael C. Tromp.
Additional text:[top, to each side of the portrait of Ruyter, a key, 1-29, to the ships and commanders shown on the print.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement 11, 12, 13, and 14 June 1666.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 17.b. (Verso) [along right edge, black pencil:] Sea Engagement.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Zee-Slag tussen d’ Engelse en Neerlanders onder ‘t beleydt van d’ Admiralen Monck en de Ruyter op den 11, 12, 13 en 14 Juni 1666.
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. 3250
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24 July 2024
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