The Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702

DECKER, Paul.

Weil die vereinigte Flotte der Engels u. Hollander Aº 1702. auf dene Küsten võ Cadix Kreuzete...
Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, c.1720. Etching, 470 x 375mm.

Some restoration.

A view of the Battle of Vigo Bay, in which a combined English and Dutch fleet attacked a Spanish treasure fleet from the Americas, which had a strong escort of French ships. Although most of the silver had already been unloaded before the attack, every French and Spanish ship was either destroyed or captured.
The plate was published in a series of scenes celebrating the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), in which England gained both Gibraltar and Minorca, 'Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...'. The central scene is surrounded by a rococo border, all etched by Johann August Corvinus.


Stock ID : 19975