Jan van Galen Fights Off Twenty Attackers - Vinkeles Engraving - 1787

Original line engraving by Reinier Vinkeles, dated 1787 in the lettering and made after a drawing by Jacobus Buys. It shows the Dutch naval captain Jan van Galen who, abandoned by his crew, defends himself alone against twenty attackers as evening falls.

Medium: Copper engraving (burin).
Artist / after: Jacobus Buys.
Engraver / lithographer: Reinier Vinkeles.
Date: 1787.
Source: Book engraving, a history of the Netherlands (volume XVII, engraving I).
Dimensions: 5.2 x 8.4 in (13.3 x 21.3 cm).
Condition: Good. Light toning, a foxing stain in the right margin and a pencil annotation in the lower margin.