American War of Independence (1775-83)
George III’s maps and views showing the development of the war at home and abroad, from North America to India
Gibraltar, 1783
A Birds Eye VIEW of all the WORKS / carried on against GIBRALTAR during the late Siege, / as taken from the / Royal Battery 1350 feet above the Sea
1785Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; laid down on paper, the paper backing brought round the edges on the recto | 57.4 x 46.2 cm (image) | RCIN 734093
Dedication: [bottom right, below title:] To Lieut. Col. Geo. Lewis of the Roy.l Regiment of Artillery / who Commanded that Corps during the Siege / This View is dedicated / by his most Obliged humble Serv.t / John Duncan / Lieut.t of Artillery.
Additional text: [below view, a key, 1-40, and A-I, K-N, to the geographical and military features on the view:] REMARKS.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: slight surface dirt.
William Faden (1 July 1749-21 March 1836) (publisher) [bottom centre, below text:] London: Publish'd by W.m Faden, Charing Cross, September 1.st 1785.
John Duncan (active 1785-99) (draughtsman) [at end of dedication:] John Duncan. / Lieut.t of Artillery.
Thomas Malton the Younger (1748-1804) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] T. Malton fecit.
George Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel (dedicatee)
Watermark: Unclear; countermark, indistinct, two words above each other: [?] FIN / [?]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: slight surface dirt
52.4 x 46.2 cm (neatline)
57.4 x 46.2 cm (image)
58.8 x 47.9 cm (platemark)
59.1 x 48.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
A Birds Eye VIEW of all the WORKS / carried on against GIBRALTAR during the late Siege, / as taken from the / Royal Battery 1350 feet above the Sea. [bottom right]
Dedication:
[bottom right, below title:] To Lieut. Col. Geo. Lewis of the Roy.l Regiment of Artillery / who Commanded that Corps during the Siege / This View is dedicated / by his most Obliged humble Serv.t / John Duncan / Lieut.t of Artillery.
Additional text:
[below view, a key, 1-40, and A-I, K-N, to the geographical and military features on the view:] REMARKS.
Annotations:
George III heading [black pencil, nineteenth or twentieth-century hand:] Military Gibraltar 1782 Port folio No 3 - G-3.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by backing paper: the old heading]; [centre, black pencil, obscured by backing paper:] 19; [top left, black pencil:] 19; [bottom right, black pencil:] 28; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1782-28.
K. Mil. dummy sheet:
Title [ink:] A Birds Eye View of all the Works carried on against Gibraltar during the late Siege, as taken / from the Royal Battery 1350 feet above the sea: by Lieu.t John Duncan, engraved by Malton, / published by Faden 1785 / Port-folio N.o [black pencil:] 3 ... 2 Table / [black pencil, erased, in a modern hand:] UL Naval [written over the erasure, in a modern hand:] Oversize / [black pencil and red ink, George III heading:] Gibraltar 1782; [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] Oversize folder Box XIV.
Watermark: J WHATMAN / 1811.
Size: 48.2 x 33.1 cm (sheet).George III catalogue entry:
Gibraltar A bird’s eye View of all the Works carried on against Gibraltar during the late Siege, 1782: as taken from the Royal Battery 1350 feet above the sea: by Lieut. John Duncan, engraved by Malton, published by Faden, 1785.
Subject(s)
Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory (36°08'41"N 05°21'09"W)
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