Brussels, Vendu in Vigos, Jan, Hooghe, Romeyn de, De Ban and Arrier-Ban in Zee bij Vigos, De Ban and Arrier-Ban at Sea, Cartoon on the taking of the silver fleet at Vigo, 1702, six-column print - Louis XIV with the Trident ... 38. Vigos and Rodendello, Cartoon on the taking of the Spanish silver fleet on 23 October 1702. The silver fleet was under the protection of a fleet under the command of the French admiral Chateaurenault at Vigo off the Spanish coast. In the distance the bay of Vigo and the sunken ships, in the middle and in the foreground a long chain of dolphins and sea monsters on which Louis XIV, the dauphin, admiral Chateaurenault and other French and Spanish people swim around wailing, a reference to the barrier with which an attempt was made to close off the harbour and protect the fleet. On the right in the background a palace with the equestrian statue of Louis XIV. With a loose sheet with text of 6 columns in which an explanation of the numbers 1-38 in Dutch., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, The BAN and ARRIER-BAN in ZEE (by VIGO), mb and mo, height 625 mm, width 480 mm, height 495 mm, width 477 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1702, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

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