Other 17th-century conflicts
Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Øresund, 1658
WARE AFBEELDINGE VAN DEN BLOEDIGEN ZEESLAG / Tussen D.E.L. AD. OBDAM. en HOGH MOEDIGEN. AD. VRANGEL. / geschiet tussen 8. en. 9. nouember: 1658:
1658 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, top and right | 36.0 x 49.9 cm (image) | RCIN 723117
A view of the naval Battle of the Sound, fought on 8 November 1658 between the Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam (1610-65) and the Swedish fleet, commanded by Admiral Carl Gustav Wrangel (1613-76), resulting in a Dutch victory. Oriented with north-east to top. Second Northern War (Dano-Swedish War) (1658-1660).
Title appears 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.
Hugo Allard the Elder (1627-84) (publisher) [bottom, below text, left of centre:] Hugo. Allardt. excudit.
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
Subject(s)
Øresund [Sont, Sund, Eyrarsund, The Sound], Denmark (and other countries (55°50ʹ00ʺN 12°40ʹ00ʺE)
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
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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