None (Naval engagement in the Roadstead of the Downs, 1639)

Views and a map of the Action of 18 September, (18-21 September 1639), between the Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Martin Harpertszoon Tromp (23 April 1598-10 August 1653) and Admiral Witte Corneliszoon de With (28 March 1599-8 November 1658), and the Spanish, commanded by Antonio de Oquendo (October 1577-7 June 1640), with no decisive result. Eighty Years War (1568-1648). See also RCIN 722142.a. An example of the right hand plate (map and view of the fleets with triton and sea horses, and lacking the left hand plate, is in the Rijksmuseum (RP-P-0B-81.457). A very similar design, published in 1643 by Claes Jansz Visscher II, comprises the central map flanked on the left, by the same scene as RCIN 722142.b but with differences in the detail of the foreground design, and with a different scene, with captured, chained Spanish naval officers on the right (Rijksmuseum RP-P-0B-81.461). The accompanying letterpress text to this print in the Rijksmuseum example is also very similar in layout and content to RCIN 722142.d but has a different setting. See also RCINs 722142 and 722142.a-d. George III catalogue entry: Naval Engagement A View of the position of the Fleets prior to the N

Date

1639

Place

Kent

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

bird's-eye view

Original size

2,250 × 425 pixels

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