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The battle of the Texel (known in Dutch history as the battle of Kijkduin) was the last major engagement of the third Anglo-Dutch War. It was a final (and unsuccessful) attempt by the Allies to dislodge the Dutch fleet in advance of a planned invasion of Holland. By the time both fleets retreated, exhausted, the battle had cost the lives of around 3,000 men. Peace ensued earlier the following year.
In this drawing, a badly damaged Royal Navy ship, the Royal Prince, lies in the centre middle-distance, flanked by two Dutch ships. It is a compositional study for an oil painting of which there are several extant versions of various sizes, including three in the collection of the NMM (see BHC0314, BHC0316 and BHC0309) and a fourth in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (SK-A-2392).
Box Title: Van de Velde, Ingram No 7, 1012-18, 1025, 1038, 1049, 1051-52, 1060, 1063, 1067-68, 1085-86, 1090.
caption: The Battle of the Texel (Kijkduin), 11/21 August 1673 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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