Woollett View of the Battle of La Hogue, 1781
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WOOLLETT, William Woollett (1735-1785) after Benjamin West (1738-1820).
The Battle at La Hogue.
Engraving.
B. West, W. Woollett & J. Hall, 1781.
19 1/2" x 24 1/2" sheet.
Depicting the 1691 engagement of British, Dutch, and French fleets in the battle at La Hogue (Barfleur, France), in the English Channel, with close combat in row boats in the foreground. This English naval victory at La Hogue, when the French invasion fleet was destroyed, would have been patriotically remembered during the later wars with France such as that of 1778-83, when this print was issued.
The Battle at La Hogue.
Engraving.
B. West, W. Woollett & J. Hall, 1781.
19 1/2" x 24 1/2" sheet.
Depicting the 1691 engagement of British, Dutch, and French fleets in the battle at La Hogue (Barfleur, France), in the English Channel, with close combat in row boats in the foreground. This English naval victory at La Hogue, when the French invasion fleet was destroyed, would have been patriotically remembered during the later wars with France such as that of 1778-83, when this print was issued.
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