Capture of Ostend, 1706, Die Wunder Glükliche Eroberung der Haupt Vestung Ostende (title on object), Conquest of Ostend from the French by the Allies after siege and bombardment, July 6, 1706. In the central scene the bombardment of the city, in a richly decorated ornamental frame with rocks with shells and seaweed. At the top a river god and river goddess and Jupiter's eagle. At the bottom a cartouche with a description of the events in German, with two large fish on either side. Sheet in the bound collection of records released under the title: Repraesentatio belli ... Der Spanische

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