Cartoon on Admiral Sterrevelt, 1703, anonymous, 1703, Cartoon on Admiral Constantyn van Sterrevelt. The admiral standing in front of the Hofvijver in The Hague where miniature ships are re-enacting the naval battle in the Bay of Vigo (23 October 1702) (see FMH 3297). At his feet a dog is relieving itself. It is unclear whether this Sterrevelt, who is also called the Admiral van den Vijver, is an existing person or an invented character. On the sheet below the plate a mock verse on the glorious deeds of this Sterrevelt during the naval battle of Vigo., print maker: anonymous, publisher: unknown

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