(Rotterdam 1748 – 1805)
Landing of English troops at Callantsoog, 27 August 1799
Watercolour, 208 x 319 mm.
Signed and dated (l.r.): Dirk Langendijk ad viv delin 1799 fecit 1803
Provenance: Rob Kattenburg collection
Three other documented versions of this watercolour are in the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, the Regionaal Archief, Alkmaar, and the Royal Library, Windsor.
Literature: A. Jonker, Beroering in de polder. De Zijpe tijdens de Patriottentijd, de Bataafse periode en de Engels-Russische invasie, 1780-1800, in: ZHB vol.XVII no.3 (september 1999), pp.3-24; De lange herfst van 1799. De Russisch-Engelse invasie in polder en duin, Castricum 1999; M.E. Deelen e.a., Dirk Langendijk (1748-1805): tekenaar tussen kruitdamp en vaderlands gevoel, Rotterdam; H.C Hazewingel, Dirk en Jan Anthonie Langedijk en Christoffel Meijer, Rotterdam 1955; J.C. Vieweg; The campaign in Holland, 1799, by a subaltern, London 1861; C.R.T. Krayenhoff, Geschiedkundige Beschouwing van den Oorlog op het grondgebied der Bataafsche Republiek in 1799. Nijmegen 1832; L.C. Vonk, Geschiedenis der landing van het Engelsch-Russisch leger in Noord-Holland, Haarlem 1801.
DIRK LANGENDIJK
LANDING OF ENGLISH TROOPS AT CALLANTSOOG, 27 AUGUST 1799
The Rotterdam-based artist Dirk Langendijk was a painter and etcher, but is now best known for his drawings. The landing of Anglo-Russian troops on the Dutch coast at Den Helder under the command of the Duke of York was part of the failed invasion of the French-controlled Batavian Republic in an attempt to restore the House of Orange. The artist was probably present for this, as the drawing is inscribed by him with the caption ‘ad vivum 1799’ (1799 taken from life). A watercolour version, now in the Royal Library, Windsor, was bought by the Prince of Wales (later George IV) in 1803.
Visit to our gallery
You are welcome to enjoy our collection of paintings at your leisure.
Visit by appointment only
Mon to fri by phone 10:00 – 18:00
© 2022 Rob Kattenburg
Website Mediya.nl