Untitled [battle between the French and Dutch troops on the Isle Tabago, 1677 F. M. h. 2601]

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Untitled [battle between the French and Dutch troops on the Isle Tabago, 1677 F. M. h. 2601]
Untitled [battle between the French and Dutch troops on the Isle Tabago, 1677 F. M. h. 2601]
Artist/Maker (Dutch, 1645 - 1708)
Date1677
MediumEngraving
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 16 1/4 × 19 13/16 in. (41.3 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.45
Not on view
DescriptionThis print depicts a battle between Dutch and French troops that took place in 1677 in Tobago. The Dutch had launched a campaign to end privateering in the Caribbean, during which they clashed with a French squadron. The Dutch were badly defeated. Battle scenes, map and key. The English took the French colony of Tobago in March 1677; the French returned and retook it December 1677.
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Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - September 16, 2007 (no catalog).
Published References Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 331, catalogue no.P1.
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