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Saturday, February 05, 2005

An Obscure Source: Corbett's small book about the Earl of Dartmouth's drawings

I am fortunate to actually own the full set of drawings as well as two copies of the booklet by Julian S. Corbett "A Note on the Drawings in the Possession of the Earl of Dartmouth Illustrating The Battle of Solebay May 28, 1672 and The Battle of the Texel August 11, 1673" published by the Navy Records Society in 1908. The drawings are reproductions from drawings made in the production of tapestries illustrating the battles. The original drawings, from which these were made, were thought to have been done by Willem van de Velde the Elder. When I was preparing the Privateers Bounty scenario for the Battle of Solebay, I relied on this pamphlet, along with Anderson's book on the Third Dutch War. Corbett's booklet, for example, lists the French officer's names and the English frigates at the Battle of Solebay.

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