Journey to Chatham and the Capture of the Isle of Sheppey, 1667, True Depiction of the Genereux Exploit, Carried Out by the National War Fleet, on the Riviere of Chattam or Rochester; the 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 June 1667 (title on object), Sheet with two scenes in the center and six small scenes on either side 1-6 of the events during the Journey to Chatham. At the top, the destruction of the English fleet on June 20, 1667 by the Dutch fleet under De Ruyter, with a portrait of Willem Joseph Baron van Ghendt. Below a depiction of the capture of the Isle of Sheppey with the fort and warehouse at Sheerness by Colonel Dolman's troops. At the bottom a description of the events in 4 columns with the legends for the central plates 1-24 and 1-16 and the side plate A-CC in Dutch. The three scenes 4-6 on the right are printed on a separate loose leaf., print, print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Frederik de Wit, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1667, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 498 mm × width, 564 mm, height, 497 mm × width, 128 mm

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