The English fleet at anchor after the battle of Schooneveld, 1673
Drawing
1673 (made)
1673 (made)
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The First Battle of Schooneveld took place between the English and French fleets, under the command of Prince Rupert, who had been waiting off the Dutch coast for several weeks, and the Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral de Ruyter, on 7 June 1673. The action was indecisive and was followed by the Second Battle of Schooneveld on 14 June. The flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Spragge, referred to in the inscription, was the Prince. In addition to paintings and drawings made of the actual battle itself, the elder van de Velde made numerous drawings of the subsequent refitting of the Allied fleet, which remained offshore until the Battle of the Texel in August of that year. See also cat. nos. 221–2. Most of these studies are in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. There is another drawing of the removal of wounded in the Allied fleet, in Greenwich.
Object details
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| Title | The English fleet at anchor after the battle of Schooneveld, 1673 (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Graphite and grey wash. Inscribed along the bottom margin, in graphite. |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'The English fleet at anchor after the battle of Schooneveld, 1673', by Willem van de Velde the Elder, graphite and grey wash, 1673 |
| Physical description | The First Battle of Schooneveld took place between the English and French fleets, under the command of Prince Rupert, who had been waiting off the Dutch coast for several weeks, and the Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral de Ruyter, on 7 June 1673. The action was indecisive and was followed by the Second Battle of Schooneveld on 14 June. The flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Spragge, referred to in the inscription, was the Prince. In addition to paintings and drawings made of the actual battle itself, the elder van de Velde made numerous drawings of the subsequent refitting of the Allied fleet, which remained offshore until the Battle of the Texel in August of that year. See also cat. nos. 221–2. Most of these studies are in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. There is another drawing of the removal of wounded in the Allied fleet, in Greenwich. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed along the bottom margin, in graphite, de gequeste Inde booten aen een sloup gebracht vande adr Spraag.
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| Object history | Probably Edwin Parsons (dealer), London; from whom purchased (with cat. nos. 213 and 217) by the museum (L. 1958), April 1889. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. I, Cat. 220, illus. p. 256 |
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| Accession number | D.668-1889 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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