![[Battle of Plymouth] Zee-Slagh Tusschen de M.r Miciel de Ruiter en de H.r Georg Ascue by Plymurden op den 26 Augusti 1652.](jpegs/56266.jpg)
[Battle of Plymouth] Zee-Slagh Tusschen de M.r Miciel de Ruiter en de H.r Georg Ascue by Plymurden op den 26 Augusti 1652.
Stoopendael sculp.
[Amsterdam, c.1686.]
Etching. Sheet 265 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Slight central crease. Trimmed to printed border.
A view of the Battle of Plymouth, 16 August 1652 (26th in the Gregorian calendar), in which personal friends General-at-Sea George Ayscue and Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter led English and Dutch fleets into battle. Despite having the smaller fleet, de Ruyter succeeded in getting the Dutch merchant convoy to safety, an action that brought him to prominence as a commander. An illustration from G. Brandt's account of de Ruyter's life 'Het leven en bedryt van der heere Michiel de Ruiter'
[Ref: 56266] £230.00
[Amsterdam, c.1686.]
Etching. Sheet 265 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Slight central crease. Trimmed to printed border.
A view of the Battle of Plymouth, 16 August 1652 (26th in the Gregorian calendar), in which personal friends General-at-Sea George Ayscue and Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter led English and Dutch fleets into battle. Despite having the smaller fleet, de Ruyter succeeded in getting the Dutch merchant convoy to safety, an action that brought him to prominence as a commander. An illustration from G. Brandt's account of de Ruyter's life 'Het leven en bedryt van der heere Michiel de Ruiter'
[Ref: 56266] £230.00