I.re Vue du Combat de Beachy-HeadEntre les Flottes combinées d'Angleterre, de Hollande et celle de France commandée par de Tourville en 1690.
N. Ozanne del.t. F. Dequevauviller sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 290 x 395mm (11½ x 15½"). Repaired tears, a few small holes in large margins.
The Battle of Beachy Head, fought on the 10th July 1690, between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and the French navy. as part of the Nine Years' War. The English Admiral Torrington wanted to withdraw in the face of a larger opponent but was ordered to fight by Mary II, leading to a defeat that left the French in control of the English Channel. Blamed, Torrington was court martialed but acquitted. The day after Beachy Head William III won the Battle of the Boyne.
[Ref: 46271] £260.00
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 290 x 395mm (11½ x 15½"). Repaired tears, a few small holes in large margins.
The Battle of Beachy Head, fought on the 10th July 1690, between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and the French navy. as part of the Nine Years' War. The English Admiral Torrington wanted to withdraw in the face of a larger opponent but was ordered to fight by Mary II, leading to a defeat that left the French in control of the English Channel. Blamed, Torrington was court martialed but acquitted. The day after Beachy Head William III won the Battle of the Boyne.
[Ref: 46271] £260.00