A Diorama of the Four-day Sea Battle between England and Holland, 1st-4th June 1666,

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A Diorama of the Four-day Sea Battle between England and Holland, 1st-4th June 1666,
depicting a key phase in the battle, with well-detailed two English men o'war in the centre, guns firing, one Dutch vessel going down and one turning hard to starboard, guns firing, with approximately 500 figures on deck, in rigging and in water, modelled in choppy sea with floating wreckage, with curved painted scenic backdrop, in glazed black-painted wooden cabinet --51in. x 36in. x 19in. (130cm. x 91cm. x 47.5cm.)

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The battle was fought in the English Channel, with the Dutch fleet under Tromp de Ruyler and the English fleet under George Monck, Duke of Albemarle. The English were defeated but it was a pyrrhic victory; they were ready for sea again shortly, and attacked the Dutch again on July 25th 1666