NAM.2001-04-622-1

GENERAL SIR FRANCIS VERE KT AT THE BATTLE OF NIEUPORT, ON THE 2ND JULY, 1600. Coloured lithograph (?) by Madeley after William Heath, probably published by Madeley, 3 Wellington Street, Strand, London, no date. In unvarnished wood frame, no mount. With the General in armour in the centre foreground holding his sword aloft in his right hand, mounted on a horse, in the melée of battle. Battlefield with pikemen, musketeers and mounted officers fighting, dead and wounded on ground, soldiers wearing breastplates, ruffs and trunk hose, sea and ships in background. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Nieuport, Battle of, 1600 (Dutch Wars 1572-1603)