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    BATTLE OF THE PYRENEES, 1813

    Battle of the Pyrenees, 1813

    published 1 Oct 1814

    Etching and engraving; printed on paper | 38.0 x 54.1 cm (image) | RCIN 735182.b

    Printed key to the view of the Battle of the Pyrenees at RCIN 735182.a. A key, 1-13, in English and French to the various people and scenes in the view. Below the key, a printed description by the Duke of Wellington of the battle from the London Gazette Extraordinary, 16 August 1813.

    Condition: no fold lines.

    • John Hassell (active 1789-1823) and T. Rickards (active 1814) (publisher) [right, below key] Pub.d Oct.r 1. 1814, by Hassell & Rickards, 344, Stra[nd].

      After John Masey Wright (1777-1866) (artist) [bottom left, below view:] Painted by I.M. Wright

      Henry Moses (1782-1870) (etcher)

      George Robert Lewis (1782-1871) (aquatinter) [bottom right, below view at RCIN 735182.a:] Etch'd by H. Moses Aquat.d by G. Lewis.

      Subject(s)

      Army-France-Infantry
      Army-GB-Artillery Regiments
      Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

    • Watermark: None

      Condition: no fold lines

    • 38.0 x 54.1 cm (image)

      40.1 x 54.5 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      No title

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Military. Battle of the Pyrenees 28 July 1813. Port-folio N.o 1.

      Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, above printed description, black pencil:] 11. (Verso) none.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Pyrenees View of the Battle of the Pyrenees on the 28.th of July 1813: by I.M. Wright, engraved by Moses and Lewis, published by Hassell and Rickards, 1814: with an Index Plate and a Copy of the Gazette containing an Account of the Battle.

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