Cartoon on the taking of the silver fleet at Vigo, 1702, Romeyn de Hooghe (possibly), 1702 Canvas Print
Cartoon on taking the Spanish silver fleet on October 23, 1702. The silver fleet was under the protection of a fleet under the command of the French admiral Chateaurenault near Vigo off the Spanish coast. In the offing, the Bay of Vigo and the sunken ships, in the middle and in the foreground, a long chain of dolphins and sea monsters on which Louis XIV, the dauphin, Admiral Chateaurenault and other French and Spaniards swim around wailing, a reference to the barrier with which an attempt was made to close off the port and protect the fleet. On the right in the background a palace with the equestrian statue of Louis XIV. With a loose sheet with text of 6 columns in which an explanation of the figures 1-38 in Dutch.
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